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Volume XXL No. 6. CINCINNATI-NEW YORK-CHICAGO February 6, 1909,
GEORGE C WARREN, Manager McVicker's Theatre, Chicago (See p«te 17 ) Why I Wouldn’t Be An ‘Independent’ i ■ - 1
This is the Time for Plain Speaking. Here is Dose No. 2 and I Want Every Exhibitor to Read it Thoughtfully!
1 was ur^ed and begged to join the so-called “independ- Not onlv that, but BEGINNING THIS WEEK I •ent ” movement. WILL BUY MORE NEM’ FILMS FOR EACH OF MY I am not violating; anyone’s confidence in telling you so. NINE OFFICES, AND I WILL BUY THEM FROM ALL - All the renters knew it, the manufacturers knew it and OF THE DIFFERENT COMPANIES LICENSED BY scores of exhit)itnrs knew it. THE PATENTS CO. WHY DID 1 REFUSE TO JOIN IT? This not only gives you a greater selection of new sub¬ jects than ever, but it also furnishes a champion for your The answer is of vital interest to every exhibitor. cause instead of compelling you to fight another man’s In the first place, I looked into the merits and demerits battles. •of both sides of the case. Look at the renters who have signed. 1 took so much time investigating that I w’as the last to sign the contract offered by Thomas Edison Look at those who have not. and the Motion Picture Patents (\). Compare them. I found that if I joined the “independents,” I am not the mouth-piece of the Motion I would not be independent at all. Picture Patents (!o. I have not consulted I would not be able to supply my cus¬ them about this advertisement or any other. tomers with so manv good films —AND GOOD But it is only just that you should know the I FILMS ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF tnith about the situation, and Pm doggoned MOVING PICTURE SUCCESS. glad to have the distinction of being the first Su(*h a course would have ruined scores of to tell it. my customers, for you know as w’ell as I do I have lost customers by signing the Edison that your theatre could not last long without contract, but for every one I have lost I a big variety of subjects. have gained more than three ! You know also that the American films have taken the These figures are actually taken from my books, and lead in the moving picture game and that the houses licensed they give you a fair idea of what other exhibitors think of by Edison are the ones who produce real,genuine headliners! the proposition. If I had joined the “independents” I would have been absolutely dependent on the size of your pocketbook, and Whatever you do, don’t be bulldozed or bluffed or scared into joining one side of the dispute or the other. your ability to back me up for months and perhaps years Use your good, common sense. Reason it out. Look to in a lawsuit. the future as well as the present. In other words— On the other hand, by signing the Patents Co.’s con¬ tract I gained lor you and for myself absolute protection. “BE SURE YOU’RE RIGHT! THEN GO AHEAD!”
CARL LAEVIMLE, President THE LAEMMLE FILM SERVICE Headquarters, 196-198 Lake Street, CHICAGO.
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olume XXI. No. 6. CINCINNATI—NEW YORK—CHICAGO February 6, 1909. fiVFioNS Of The Stbi On Arouseroeot bife asa Exsvironr PRIES S) itkNEai^
“The biggest minstrel troupe I ever saw and the last real big show of "F^ver since then I have been a bit shaky on this doorkeeping job. Do¬ lts kind I ever expect to see. was given at the tJrand Opera House during you blame me?” the season of 1889-90," said the man with the collection of theatrical pro- Another says: "I..iist winter brought my queerest experience. It wa.s grams. “It was a combination min- with a youngster whose eagie eye will either land him in penitentiary or the ^It-A VA strel show consisting of two entire Hall of Fame some day. He came up to me and said: companies and the cream of another “ ‘I’ve got an important me.ssage to whisper to uncle. He’s in the front that had been touring under the direc¬ seat, and told me to come if his brother took a turn for the worse.’ tion of William S. Cleveland, now con- “He looked so innocent 1 let him in. Next night 1 saw him standing ducting the Prudential Vaudeville Kx- I in front of the theatre, at a safe distance from my toe, however change. There were thirty comedians, “Say.Sav. there.’ he called out, tauntingly, ’any more kids around with twenty singers, thirty Japs, forty mu- anxious uncles down front?’ ’’ sicians, an executive staff of twenty - and extra stage hands galore. The Augustus Thomas, the piplaywright, told in a recent speech of a hunting orchestra was culled from three I trip he had taken in the South. They were after coons and possunis, but sources, the regular house orchestra and two minstrel bands. the onlvonl>' trail theih dog.s struck was one which made them put th“;r tails “The end men and comedians were Billy Emerson, Willis P. Sweatnam. _' ___ between their leg.s and turn for home. Billy Rice. Luke Schoolcraft, Crawford Brothers, the Nunns, Hanley and “Just what does ti polecat look Jarvis, Abbott and Crotty, Frazer and Bunnell. Burt Shepard, Ed. Marble. f like?” Mr. Thomas tusked one of hLs Harry McKi.-^sen—nearly all of them capital singers. Other star singers on nejro guoie;. the bill were Banks Winter. W. E. Nankeville, Raymond Shaw, Jimmy Norrie “A polecat, boss? Why, a polecat’s and D. Tomasso. Eddie Fox, the highest salaried orchestra leader of sone iin’ like a kitten, only pieUier. his class, wielded the baton. The town was billed like a circus. The street i»T^/ n? Yes. a polecat - a hettp |iretiicr'u a had been excavated three or four blocks, so that Barney Fagan’s electrical 7/^ kitten, ain't it, Sam?” he saitl, turn¬ effects could be properly displayed. Seats scheduled at 50 cents were selling ing to another negro for corrobora¬ for $2 and >3. It was one great night. ,g''.\i tion. “Emerson wound up the first part. Sweatnam, Rice. Schoolcraft and the Stirn did not seetn so sure. He he.s- rest of the stars had scored tremendously. Emerson had to follow the great- Rated a moment, est collection of burnt cork comedians and singers ever gathered together “\\ell,’’“Well,” he replied,r scratching his wool, “it’s always been mah conten¬ on one stage. But Emerson had been laying up for this particular night, fiontion diitdat handsonhandsome is as handsome do.” Although he had complained of being in bad voice, Cleveland knew Emerson had something up his sleeve. His famous Sunflower song was received with “About the 1lazie.-t man on record,” says Fred Niblo, the globe-trotter. the usual amount of applause. Then he began giving imitations of the “comes to light in a reminiscence of the War of the Rebellion. One night, grand opera singers of the day. That was the knock-out. Jean de Reszke, during the summer of 1862, a detachment of Oeneral Kirb> Smiths troops whom Emerson imitated, never sang better than Billy did that night, and I clashed with a portion of the Fe».^‘ral believe had Caruso been before the public at that time he would have ran forces near Richmond, Ky. second to Emerson. When he struck those high notes—wow! That audi- “In the very center of this dark bat- ence simply went crazy. No, son. the mammoth minstrel companies of to-day tiefield, so the story goes stood the f -/■«—> don’t figure with this Cleveland aggregation.” house of Peter \Van an der Hausen, an i old Dutchman, who wa.s noted among O' Mr. Tunis F. Dean, manager of The Warrens of Virginia Company, has his neighbors for being the laziest a habit of scribbling his first name (Tunis) In rather illegible fashion. man in that section. ^ "f Thereby hangs this tale: Recently Mr. Dean called at a well-known “So, around this house, struggling ^ furrier’s on Fifth avenue. New York back and forth through the Holland- S-'"" " ^ er’s garden of weeds and wild flowers *■ i-“ ■'—‘ -■' and bought some furry garments to ' 'i the two hostile forces fiercely battled, while the darkness was riven by the brave the wintry winds. A little later ' y - flash of muskets and the roar of artillery. in the day he received a letter from HMtHW ® “The next morning, as soon as th*- neighboring farmers dared poke the same firm addre.ssed to “MUs F. ^ ^ \/'i/■>/'// their ntxses out of doors, they hurried over to old Peter’s to see if, by happy Dean,” inviting her—or him—to drop ^ fate, he were yet alive. Entering the bullet-riddled house and flying up the Into their store and look over their stairs, they burst into Peter’s bedroom, horror depicted on their faces. What fur bargains. was their amazentent, however, to behold the Hollander snoring as if sleej) It is the custom of some New York - ^ ^ merchants to get the names of theat- ^^.irtrrr - -J were the one and only joy in life. “By persistent shaking they awoke him partially. • ‘Get up, Peter!’ < ried rlcal arrivals from the hotel registers. and the man this firm sent interpretetl “Tunis” as “Miss.” one neighbor. ’Are you wounded. Peter?’ “ ’No.’ yawned the Hollander. Then he sat up and gazed l>ewilderedly Now, if there’s one thing that touches the sensitive soul of Tunis F. D-an. it is to have his unique first name misinterpreted. So. he sat him down at the familiar face.s about him.- ’Vass i^^hat is the "“‘"f and indited a letter to the furrier, informing the firm that “he” was not a ’’^’Matter!’ cried they; ‘didn t you hear the awful no.,-e out.s.de la ’■she.” It took three pages of letter paper to hold all he had to say on the night? .i. i s • > point. But Mr. Dean has the saving gMace of a sense of humor, and he ) es. I ditl Rear the thundering noi.se. finally forgave the furrier "‘And didn’t you .see the flashes of fire? _ “ ’Yes. but I turned over and went to .sleep again.’ The door nten at theatres have manyanv amusing or exasperating experi-experi¬ ’“Went to sleep again! Man don’t you know what that meant” Don’t ences as the various cases may prove toIX >ki6 . they to face the variations of spectators,rs tiieirtheir good tempers and badbad. their “For a moment the .sleep-dazed Peter seemed to be undecided whether beauD t.nd th^rTerse^^^ to get out of bed. Then, slowly rolling over into his trousers, he said: ’So they live through experiences .amus- the lightning struck the house, eh . irir and tragic, it is onlv the amusing . , thev are nleased to remember. An actor in a small company was unable one night to get acc.mmoda- “’it’s a caution ’’ savs one of these tion at the only hotel, it is said, because its proprietor, a remarkaldy slow- Hvdras “how all sorts of people try going person for such a country, recognized him as the villain in the melo- _i I—- .. drama who had - folen a ca-h box. ^ |p=j IIj-- . set fire to a hou-e. killed a detective. j I 'i. _damaged a race horse, and betrayed 7, [i| J I = here, a young chap, with rural boots I r Ji_ and rural face on him. came up to *’•' *~-- ^ Put something like this really did ‘ ^ ^ ^ the door and said: " ‘I guess I’ll go In and see the show.’ ^ JfiF***’"' '*?' _ • happen to George Scott, manager of it the .-Mhambra in I.ondon. In his " ’Not without a ticket.’ .says I. ’What right have you to be a deadhead?’ . V 1 j-.j—yTtv'***’ younger d.ays Mr. S<’ott w.as a stage “’’Cause,’ say.s he, ‘last year, when Miss Robson was here she fell out- villain of the deepest dye. and one de of the King F^dward. and .dropped her gauntlet on the pavement. I S R*** fH^^Tite parts was that of the ‘Tried It all the way In. and gave It to the clerk. Ain’t that enough for *u. eh?’ '■ wicked I,evison in Flast Lynne. “The funniest experience 1 ever had ’’ savs another door man who has After playing the character a few nights in Blackpool,macKpooi. hene hadnaa occasionocca.sion •'‘n long years of service “wa.s with a woman who took our theatre for a for wishing to change his lodgings, and. knocking at the door of a house allway station. She came in here with a baby in one arm and a tele.scopc in the next street, wtus greeted by the good lady who opened it with a shriek, o the other. (Pau.se for breath ) She set It down inside the door, and and the subseCLOSES TOUR. PENN THEATRE THIS MAN AND THIS WOMAN On Saturday night. January ’J.'l. the tour of Checkers, the racing comedy, came to a close at the Majestic Theatre. Krmiklyn. The piece li:id liis'ii pieseiited coiitlnnally for six years OPENS IN PHILADELPHIA ami lud hm-ti the source of a large pioBt for Assured of Completion at ils owii-rs. Since Thomas Ross ahandoneil It the leading ride hail been as-iimed hy Hans Koh<>rts. It is the intention of the niaiiagemeut Last to send the comedy on lour again next season, loliii Ilogarty. business niiinager of the i-oni- Fire Threatens Teck Theatre, Buffalo piny. In.s been engaged by .Mort H. Singer, and will he counm-ted with A Stubborn Cinderella Company. Construction, Stopped by the The Indiana Roller Polo League is Organized at New Death of Gustave Wege- LOUISE GUNNING, Castle—John Mason and Members of Witching Hour fortbj'.to be Carried Company Place Wreath on Edgar Allen Poe’s Grave on by Purchaser.
At last the fate of the uncompleted W'llllam ADKI.I’llI TIIKATUK—riillHili'liihlH—TIiIh Man eacli team is to play twenty four games, twelve I'eiiu Theatre, I’hiladelphla, h.is Ihh-ii p<-ttled. hihI Tills Woiiii.ii, a lhrf»--a<‘t drama li.v Avery 1 at tioiiii- and twidve aiiroail. hive games are It was started hy the iaie (iiislare Wegiifarth llaiiKuod. played eaeli week. KoHowing is the roster of i.nd at the time of his sudden death was oniy eacli team: .New Caslli—.S..nip.sell. tlrst rush; haif built. His death caiisml niimeroiis law TIIK t'AST: Nidan, second riisli: Williams. center; Ken- suits, ami Hie theatre was sold a dozi-n different Mldard TowiimmhI .Frank Currier worlhy. Iialf lock; .May, goal: Wolfe, siib. An times to settle Judgments. No clear title Could Nun is Tounseiid .Milton Sills derson — H. .\Ih*I, lirst rush; (Jeorge. second rush; he secured until the builder piircliasisl It at Ilaxid Townsend .Jolin T'aii'ey K. .Vliel, ceiCer; Hiilihard, lialf-li.ick: Hlckev] sheriff's sale. He has now dls|Hmelel| Ilia. Mr. .Miller will see that the house Is The new tliree-iict drama. This Man and Tills jorlty i.f 2.MI. llnisheil in a manner that will make It as hand Woman, li.v Aver.v IIa|iKt, Chicago. lowered in sad reinetiihrance of the genius who III. .Miss Miller will learn something to her The Teck Theatre, Itiiffalo. N. Y'., had a thoeght himself nione while living, hut in dying .idvantage by wilting the above. close call and liy the merest cliance escaimd destruction hy Are. of unknown origin. Sunday, emph.asiz«-d uls right to he uumherml among the immortals. January L’t. The tire caused a daniaKe to the lilock in wlilcli the theatre Is located, amounll:ie VAUDEVILLE AGAIN. to ulioiit $4iMrsi. It daniaKed the front of HACKETT AMUSEMENT COMPANY the hlock, wrwked the Concert Hall and several The Majestic Tlwatre, Top»-ka. Kan., which cinh rraiins, hut tlie tlieatre proper Wi.s niiin- OF ST. LOUIS, ORGANIZED. has iH-en playing comic oia-ra ami stSAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Co. have go:ie to Denver to play the Majestic the hats. In a one-man melisirama. made good. Hadski gave a niatltiee eonc-ert Weclnewlay at Theatre. Pa.'ne and la-c, a pair of refiin-il song and dance Ye Llls-rt.i Tlieatre. and Friday afternoon Kath A pretentious organized effort. Involving tin* Knill Siibi-rs. Roniden and Qiiinn. Kngcne art.sts, scored. Rrown ancl Hcslges. l.idtaii I-Iiiie liiMsIson, Hie Knglisb planlat, ocx-upled the business Interests of the city, has succeeded In O'Roiirke and Co. left for Colorado to plav the Inging eariiMinlsts, were well liked. Miss l-.oiise. ItoHi concerts bad gissl honsi-s. laiiiiching a Festival Carnival. to e:|iial or Crystal Circuit. Maxle Mild.ell, a 'Frisco favorite, appeared RCBE CDHF.N eclipse tile New Hrienna NIardl-Oras and The Piirton and Hrooks. playing Hie Pantages' after an ahM-ine of some two years, and again Velleil I'rophets of St. I.oiils. The fete, which Fmidre Theatre this week, were Pillboar.I call esialdisin-d her reputation as a motto singi-r. CLEVELAND, O. 's to be a i anmiH affair, will be held in Oeto- ers; also N. Mlnino. the expert foot Juggler, Alice Winona (Mrs. Lillian Smithi and .Maim lier. ItKH. Further mention of the carnival Is who Is on the Natio lal Theatre program. Francis' exhiblHoi of fancy shiHiling kept In I,a»t wi-ek eqdisl Hie Drew and Campbell r» made elsewhere In these columns. Janii-s F. Post and Co. will lie on the ooen- line with Hie fa\oriti-s. but the star feattire ol gime .It tbe- Colonial Theatre. Febniary 1 the The following attraetifvns an- booked for the ing bill at tile (Ja.vet.v Theatre tforinerly Nov¬ tlie program was .Mile. SiiniiiiervUle and bei proia-rry will la nider the nianigement of American Theatre: tola from Rerlln. Light elty i. wiiieli o|H-ii.s Janiiiry 24. daneing horse, Cidiimbiis. a very beaiitlfnl act. Mr. Ri.v F. I'oiiistiMk, the well-known theat¬ KternnI. Harry Reresforil In Who's Your Frleml? Another handsome nlekeloleon has opened on The Florc-nz Family of five ai-rotiats was the Mrs. WIggs of the Cabbage I'atih. Rals-s In Fillmore street. It Is called The leader, and is star attrictlcm at Pantagi-s' Kniplre Theatre rical magnate. .Mr. Conistix-k announcea that lie has effcH-ti-d arr.iiigi-meiils for the presenta loyland, Tlie Hingerbread Man. Sliore .\eres. liaiidsomely equipped with all niialern eonven this week, and easily held their position, win lion of leading dramatie and musical attrac The Matchmaker. Classmates and Superba. leiiees. comfortaPle ojiera chairs, i-tc. The ning c-ciititiiioiis applause all through their Hoiis at one- didlar prices for Hie liest aeata RotH-rt Warwick, the lead! 'g man of the Va¬ man iger. Mr. Hoff, deserves eiedit for rapid ■VO nlerfiil act. Piirtoi ancl Rrcsiks, In a comc-dy The oicenliig pnsliietion will l(e The Hay Must lencia Theatre, lias tsn-n selected as the lead Ity and holds the record for sp-eil. The preni lin-y call The Limit, were much appreciated. ela-i. Hie comie iqe-ra «lileli ecmiea to us with Ing man for the Iiavldson Theatre Knglish ises were give i Into his possession last .Mon¬ ■Marti n-z a:icl Marilnc-z. (lypsy minstrels, pre- a rec-ord of Hal iiiglits at Wallaek's New York Stock Company, in MllwauVee. for the summer day, ami the following Saturday It was opea sc-nted tin- iisii.il mitsic al act in f iin-y costume. Tlieatre. With lln- change of management the season that is to oim'U about .May 1. for liiisliiess. and shows an outlay of (.'..(ilin. Koliler tirand tlpc-ra Trio were- there" with the matini-e days will b«' changed to Tbiiradaya and The following have Is-en engaged for the This is going sonic'—'nst five and oil'-ha'f da.'s. gcKMls ancl made a hit. Rrandon and Wilson. new stock conipany to play the Princess Tiie- K. !L Sotliern held the boards at Hie Van 'Ingliig. da:n i ig ancl cpilck diangc-s, and Hal Saliirdays. .Marie iniro. In The Richest Olrl. won new atre after the present Kolb aid IMII season: \e-s Theatre this wi'ek. presenting Ham'i't, lard, .\lbcrt and Wilson and Company comidetc-d lanri'Is at the- Hpera House. Her new play la Frank .Moulin. Fr nl .Mice. Zoe Harnett. Mav Uieliarcl I.ovc'laee and Lord Dniidrc'ary. s -or'ng H-i- bill. liright and plea«i'd liiiiin-iisi-ly. Holey. Helen Darling. Fdwin Stevens. Kdwaril a siieeess. He rein 11 is anoHier week, adipiig J.iliic'S J. Jeffries, the lieadllne act at the At the Colonl.il. The Warrena of Virginia Temple will be tlie new stage manager. R'elic-Ii.'ii to his repertoire. Kiigi'iio Walter's Wigwam Tln-atrc, pla.vc-d to iiirnawn.v lionsc-s pla.ved to eapac-lt.v bnsini-ss. Frank Kc*enan Charles H. Oilman, father of Mayt.elle OH The Wolf follows. Hirc-e times a day. and owing to deniainl will liea'ds the exeelleiit c-ompaiiy. and the brilliant man. wife of William Kills Core.v. president of Florence Rcdiorls In The House of Hondage. remain aindln-r wc-ek. The balance of Hie pro- acting of the piece was wi-11 llkinl. at tile .Ynic'riean Theatre, dhl an exc'i'ptlonal grim Was made up of KIKido. Jap Juggler; Jis» the Cnlted Steel Corporation, died Jannarv 'Jd. .VI Kc'IHi's llliipiHlrome were Hie fanioiia Fa liislness tlironglioiit Hie week. alHiongh the Slid .Mira DowII-g. .Mallla a-id Mart, Dolpli and at the Halii^niann Hosjiital. fidlowlng a stroke delte Orebestra, who have not lieen here for of apoplexy. wi'.atlii'r was far from Is'Ing pli-asant. This Is Mis|e Levlno, Royal Musical Five. Sniitli and iboiit two years, Jean .Vlareel's Living I'lc Ferris Hartman, tlie comedian, whose com¬ tie first time she lias ni'peared In-re In Hie Prown and moving pldiires. Inri-K Were lield oier aiiollier week, and made pany at present Is playing in Los .\ngel s. has .hove play, whlc-li Is well-liki-d. and sei-s Miss Hie usual bit. Valerie Itergere revived her been routine,! to bis bed for Hie past tlir.-e days Robi-rts at her best, for her part fits In-r I ke IN OAKLAND a glove-. Sin- Is snrronndep till- L.M-enm atid n-eelvisl a riaising reception. they now have the largest quarters of any sim¬ I ig. who was with tin- or'glii il priMlin-tlon. iilTiiiHc-d Hils, blit explaiin-d lliat It repri-si-iiti-d At tile Vlaje-stic, S.iiii licddman and Co., pre was one of tile best and most i-ffi-etive prisliie- ilar InstitiiHon In the ilty. The new' head the royalt.v on Tin- Fires of St. John, cnie of the si-nti-d a roj:ri ig cscniisly, llie Arrival of John I'o'is c-ver seen In a loe-al playlnnisi-. pirtlcii- cpiarters o.'ei'py a space on tlie ground floor of pli.is ircMlneed by .M ss II Nc-ll. He said Hial L. Sullivan; Ncsslb's Fagan. Hie King of Newa 4.'>xl0;i. wifli a ba.semeiit of tin- same sl-e. birl.v the sei-in- in wliic-li Profi-ssor Morlart.v In-r man Iger ri-pn-senled that the play was a boys, g.nc a cb-ti-r llm- of talk. 'The balance Filll.v Jin.OCIil lias been exiie ideil In equipping w I' InircNlin-ed In bis dc-n. Win-i Kiilglitbood null royalty cnn-. Later it cb'velo|M-d tbit Cli-'S. of Hie bill coiisistisl of iH-aiitlfiil moving pir W-s In Flow er fidlows. the place with a vault and all iiKslern olllee Swieknrd ow:i-d tin- r'gllts, and lllslinp says litres. fixtures, whleh today places this eiiferpri ing Kolb and Dill, at Hie Prlnei-ss Tli-atre are be paid Hie money to bim. Manager Dinli-I. of Keith's Hipinadrome, has firm second to none In the West. In addition, now on Hn-lr foiirlli and last week of Tin- P-di- .VI Ibe Mac'Doiioiigli Theatre this week Hie hi-eii \cr,v liiisy of late- plannitig some big In tills firm ownes seven moving picture theatres Helans. wliicli is a |H>dtlve bit in Hn-lr liaiids. La;iibi;rcll tirand llpera Conipaiy played to ■onriig cxciirsio IS from in-arby towns. From In San F'r.inelseo and (laklaml. Next week. Haiik<-rs and I’.rokers will In- pn-- packed lioiiscs at nrica-s ringing from .VI ci-iits present IndIcaHiins, Hioiisnncis of visitors an- .McCloud and Melville left this week for si-iil i. li-ailig late at night. afre. arrangeil a siieeessful Im-ii-fit for the Jiilie Hc rin- and Conipany in .\ .Mountain Cin house Jci in ary ‘Jii. The n-maming iinici-rts Icy the Pittsburg Hr Italian e.irfhiti'ke sufferers, which tisik place dc-rella, is tin- In-adliin- ac-t. Port lliiward and Tess of Hie D'rrliervllles. pri-si-nted by Illsh i-lii-stra will be- givi'ii at tiray's Armory Instead at Dreamland Rink. Monday. January is. The Kibe Lawn-ine, In their ac-t. Tin- Stage- Ma la- ops l*layc-rs. attrac-ted a gocsl attc-ii'lani'c- of tbi- HIppisiroiiii'. This bi-i'imii-s nc-cc-ssary curtain went up at 7 p. ni.. and a continuous gcr. allhcingh sec-ii In-rc- iH-fore. Is a Idg hit Hironglioiit tin- week. Tin- Wring Mr. Wriglit lcc-c;insi- tile 1 lippcNlroiiic-, sliic-e a(-c|iiirecl by vaudeville entertainment was presented until -gain. Jc-wc-M's .Maniki is is by far the- bc-st fcdlow s. Ki-ith. lias foniid II Impo'sllde to give time 11 p. ni., when for one solid hour boxing and of Its kind ever seen lure, and is cn ciic-d liy ,Vt the Drplii'iim tills wc-c-k. Wllfn-d Clarke wliboiil conlllcHiig wlHi Its n-giilsr vaiiderllle wrestling bouts held tile stage. Some .I.Oiid ill age-s of Iii'iiikin I. Tin- Cbadwic-k Trio. In and Co.. Dc- Iliere. Illnsloiilst; .Miirniy .Sisters. performances. F. M. IIF,.VCH. persons attended, and Mr. Hraiiman handed For Sale—Wiggiti's Firm. Is a scTi-am. Tln- Five I.c-S SilvHggIs. RiHciii-y Sisters. Illlibc-rl the relief eommlttee about $l.tkkt as the result. Icisselln Trio of .Xerlallsts an- exc-eptlonally stid Warren. Rogi-rs and Dc-c-ly and Kdwards' Y'onng Or:iiim:in received a vote of thanks an-I c-leii-r a id score imiiien-ely. Kdwin Latell, Mr. Sc-lnnd Ilo.is ancl HIrls pla,vi-d to Itiiitiense Inisl- HARRY SHANNON’S ATTRACTIONS deservedly so. for he siient much time ami en ■ini' Mrs. (Ji-M- Hiigln-s and Tin- Thn-e Y'osearys 111 «s Harry Sliannoii's nie Ranker's Clillil Com ergy bringing Hie b-n-fit to a sneeessfiil i-siie, '•onsHiiite Hie licdi'cners. Manager Colin, of the Rell Tlieatre. had Mr. pHiiy Is n-|iorli-d doing a splendid biislneaa In .Sherman and DeForrest. Joe Hardman. The I'ln- .Miziino Trio of Japani-se fisit Jugglers (••id Mrs. Ksiiioii l ill Till- Soldier of I'ropvllle. the SoiiHi. Tills la Hie i-lgliHi year of Hila play Pelots, Jost'ph R. Ketter and Co., Smith aid •nd coiitortion'sts. an I ai exception illy good Five Zello Tri>ii|H-. I'liM-ksom and Ilitr is. The bi-fon- Hie public. Hrown. The Kings. Amelia Marette. Robert Rlsley act o|H-ned Hie bill at tin- National The- ('oo|H-rs. Herbert Cyril and DcSiarmo and Ke- Mr. Sli.iniioii will add a big musical comedy to Haker i.nd Faneher and Jenkins left this week tre* His wee-k. an-I rec-eivc-c| rcciiinls of applause. oiigli on ids program. Ills Mat of rttracHona tin- coming sa-asim. to play Los .Vngeles. Holmes a nl Hollister, in Hn-lr riiril eomi->l.v. KIcIora. Maddi-ii and Fitzpatrlek. Rose Sler Sliilinon IlroHiers’ Tent Show will open Its •Marzella's Rirds. Patterson's Statues. Jo'C" ' ookl'ig for Pi-isy, ri-eelvi-d lots of laughter ins. All Slug Fiki, The I'ernstelns and Di-nar- third senwon at Lndinglou, kllch., about the. mid <4ray. Kenyon and Ilealy and D. Flint and ind eiirt-'lii e.ills, John Itlreli, the man with sto Rrothers ar,- at the Novelty this week. die of May. FEBRUARY 6, 1909, Xtie Billboard
Roataiid'a Cliar.teeleer w aa eoniideted | i«t aiimmer. ..ml the whole right, w.-re imr.lia-.nl GREAT CHARACTER for »..u.iaai. .Arraiig..meiitk were eom'|ii.le.| f..r the almiiltnneoiu pnaliii linn of the id iv In ’FRISCO TO HAVE FESTIVAL Curia. N'. w York .iml I nmb.n. and it w.ia e\ I'ec linl thit M. Cn|iielin would iieraon i||v di In Theatrical Affairs of n et lh.‘ rehearcl. |n t|da m-w (d.n |{.~| im' i riKenfa hU chiraclcra In the gnUe nf wild ami France iloii'.eailc fowlk, iiiCniaN an.I hirda. TO RIVAL THE MARDI GRAS tin te h ilf ..f Crealdent F illb rea, M. Van n ie the |•r••a■den|■a aecrcl.iry, left at ome for C'-ni HIIV IlMInea. to p.a.i hla last rea|iecla In |||.. remal la nf the diatingiiiahed actor. The fun Passes Away in the Death of •••"I'tiiry L-.i. at Coot aii\ liain.-a That Has Made Dear Old New Orleans Famous 'l. ( oi|ilelln IlHMIlg e\|,n'aa,.d a des.re m 1m. Constant Coquelin,Whose biirlinl In the eerm.t.Tv of the Imiiie f..r ag.'.i aclora. of which liiatlliitlon he was the origin Name is Synonymous itor ,and In whi.-li hla heart waa wraiqttal ii,.. Viola Allen Concluding Rehearsals of F. Marion Craw Kdiiionil Itoatiiiid. the imh'I and |dayw right, with French ■irrived at Conr-aii\ li.iinea dnr'ng the eieuiiig of Ja iiiiry l*T lie waa heart broken over the ford^s The White Sister, which will he Produced Drama death of \|. CI'.i iioit ('iiiivtnnt CiMini-lin, tho tcrrat Krt-ni'h TO REVIVE PLAY. •I'ti.i. (iilniliiHliiiK trhiiii|.h Unil Im>c|i .\ featlve carnival that will rival the Mardl ag.'d midget eltiea In all (larta of the country. anMiti'il ill KiIiimiikI l(■•>•tHnll'l< 1 lie CliMiilIrlifr. • Iraa of .New tiileana and the Festival of Ihe The child, which la a diiiiliiiitlve H|,eclmeD of wlili'li i< Im'Iiii; ri'lii-Hrmil, <1i<,l>> |i>«ii .Millionaire'. Uelellge. li.l«ed 11,1011 the ilielilellta r.ited during the week of Tiieailay, OrtolH-r III. la one of the rarest surgical o|HTHlin.,iirutlona for it have already roiiiiiietieed. wonderful when both mother and child live. K.i.tiiiiil. «li<> ri-ii-ntly liai* »M-rn elviiiK tin- tin will b«‘ aeut out for a tour of twelve weeks. It will be known aa the 1‘ortala Featlial. iu lion- If they |iiill thriHigh. the midget moilier and :»liiiit tmii III" to ChanllcloiT. arr.viMl in 1‘ail* .•r of itaaiM-r de I'urtala, who. In (letidH-r, ITiHi. eliild should be the greatest drawing carda In friiiii ('uiiiImi to lii-Kl 1 till- ri'liti ir^Mlii of ilif |il«i .Ilaeovired the jieuiuaula of Sau Frauclaco ami the eouiitry. Hie Cclden Cate. ill nlili'li M. Co |lll■llll. who hail tho ItiiulliiK rolo, « I'Vpi'i tiil to ilitiillratf ICa f.iuioim Miri'f«fi .\ iiiiadaniMlIon haa already tmen laaued by CuajM-r de 1‘nrtala. Ili,ke of the Col.len Cate and VIOLA ALLEN HAS NEW PLAY. iililiiiniil In M. lli>,itMnirii Cyrano ile IIitkitmo. I.nrd of the IViiInaiila. bbldllig all to |ire,iare for On Miinilay M. Coi|iif)ln rei'lteil (tally Iona hla eoniing in Oetoln'r. The fealival la Indiig |ia»»:iai'a of Chantli'li'iT to aonif of hl« frloiiila Viola .Alien la coiicliidlng rehearaals of F. fathered l>y the Mown town .\aaany. bail ta'cn a aiitTcrcr. ■ariieal au,.|Mirt and hearty co-operallon. .Among those who will sii|i|H>rt Misa Allen are The Krcnrh preaa pay a a hl(th tribute to the The railroad, and other Infereata have taken .Minna Cale llaiiiea. F'riink Cllniore, Charles A. xcnlii^ of M. Co|iifIln. whom It conahlera to n,i the |dan. At leaat 'Jiai.lMKI vlaitora are ex- Stevenaoii. Fuliule Addison i’Itt and Jiilliia Me have tM'cn one of the (treatcat theatrical tlxnrei l»Tted to eonie to San Fraiiclaeo for the festival, A'Icker. Ilf the .ixe. .Vltiloat all the pa|ier,> rei-all hla and the carnival will tx- wblely adverllami laat Miciex ill Sanloti'a The I'o aon AITalr. Hiroiighoiit the I nited Statea. The city will tie in glia attire. I'aradea. halla uml many other HENRIETTA CROSMAN IN NEW The Ti ni|ia aaja: ‘'M. Copielln will he fealiirea will aneeeed one another with bewlld- niiiiirnial tiy eiery one—by the aiithora. of whom PLAY. ring rapidity. The feailval will wind up with he wi» the lirilllant Interpreter; liy the imblle a day and night of carnival, when trmihle will Ilf vrliimi lie waa the lilol; by the xc'iit ami Henrietta Criwnian has eoneliided her vaiide Im- lianlahed and nierrliiieiit reign aii,ireiiie. Ilia, vllle eiigagemeiita ami Is at |>resent rehearsing hiiiiilile. a III by jeHir aetora. of whom he waa loilc imgeantH will lie a feature. While the a new |da.v. which will la- given Its |ireiiilere the la- lefilCtor." expiTlencea of other cltlea with large fiaitiiala St the Culiimlda heatre. AA’ashiiigton. F<'l>ruary Itenoltfonat.int Co’inelin. known aa Coiiielln will guide the local comniittia-. the San Fran 1.1. .Miss Crosman will have the support id Aine. waa the tmat known actor on the French ei«co affair will not be a re,dloa of other In 1‘aiil Hickey as leadinx man. atase. lie waa borne at Ito’onxe anr Mer Jan sHtiitIuna nf the aame kind, but will lie earia1 with will Imth live. The mother of the child la a Max Rogers will star alone next season In her In l.'.AlxIon In Carla In lIHil. Of recent well-known midget who haa travebnl In all part, a new iday whleh is lieiiig written for him by Team he bail be<"i pla.r Inx Cyrano de Berxerac of Ihe world. She fa a slater of Caajier H. .Aaron Hoffman. In the new play Max will anil other rolea In Ix’ulon. CONSTANT COQUELIN. Wela, a Illi|>utian who baa auccesafully man iday the part of a young Cermau boy.
A STORY ON ROLLER SKATING. Morgan. Jr . .Air. and Mrs. E. C. Cooleilge, .Mr. more backward stroke with the left foot, naing Word has been r<*eelvi-d hen* from the Milan* and Mrs. Edward Biimaghs, .Mr. and Mrs. I. an outer edge, whleh brings Hi» I mlv half wiy H|iera ('uiii|ian.v which playnl a lengthy en H. Janney. .Air. and Mrs. C. Ilubbsnl, Hr. arcHind. Then on the fonrtb count all yon gageiiient In this city, that they have completed By S. MABKS XIKUSE. and Mrs. Frank R. Hastier, Mr. sod have to do is to atep around and you are In their eiigagetiieiit in Ouateniala and that they Manaxer Metropolitan Boiler Blnk. New York. Mrs. I>e Raindeville. Miss Elsie Uol.lnson. the forward position once more, thua com|iIet- Intended to Is-ard the ateamahlp Parlsmlna at Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Russell, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ing the turn. Port Barrli-a for Panama, where they play a lung engagement. The.y report that they base Inateail of quickly liaiinx Ita popularity ai Brooks Mr. .-nd Mrs. John C. McCall, Mr. Backward two-sfepping. which yon will find iM-en meet ing with big auccesa throughout tbe waa rtnnmo'ily aup|Kresa rei(res«'ntatlve, of the Hriihetim Circuit, nnka are crowded dally, and hiindreala of pern have resortevi to It to retluce their too ro- inisitlon of the schottlscbe Is comparatively easy. and Air. Pat Casey, gi-neral iMHikliig agent, of pie can be neen at an.r of the neaalonn, akatins Inndnnt rtxiir.xi If followe.1 regularly, roller the clreiilt. will arrive here within tbe next few "Hie walti Is the next flgiire to be taught. Of here and there, piroiiettinx xrncefully over tin skating has prove,! extremely efllcacUais In the .lava and will remain some lime. Hiirlng .Mr. enurse the main feature of any walfx Is the floor .n a manner that would have amiined th* reit.infa had Ita own rink, while the larxei Jilllin Pascal, the distinguished French plan majority of s'k.aters. Xn sooner does an enthu¬ accinlrliig a flgure. If not pralaed a gone! deal Cltlea aiipporteil aeveral. The aport bid fill 1st. vvlll give one recital here, January 13. at siast master the dllflciiltles of pl.vin skating will w-inf to give It up. Put at this erlt- »hi^ •‘•‘•kb "f I>ot>iilarily. but aome- the Hniiiewald Aliialc Hall. than he. or generally ahe. la anxious to over- leal moment tl'e in«tnictor must be persistent tdinx waa wrong, .and aiuldenly the attendanc* ome the latrle.aeles of the fancy ateps. In WILLIAM A. KHEPKE • t the rinka fell off to aiich an extent that they and eneonrage his pupil, so that he will stick fact. It Is adnilttml that the fair sex. once It had to tie cloned. to the flgure until completed. cHv piers plal i skating, la easily tancht the At the preaent time, however, Inafead ol more dllHMiIt steps and by nature make more The greatest suevess or fancy roller sksttng ST. LOUIS, MO. Iiwi'ilt any of Ita |M>piilarlty. roller akating li graeefnl akaters tl an do the male sk.aters. who •>n a large scale was attained and demonsfrated Meai'llv gaining In the public eatlmatbrn. A re more anxious to acquire a|>eed than grace. py the Tui^cdsv Fven'ng Skating Cliib. an or Win. W»*il, while ‘Hi h-'* trip n mitar of re ...ma can ln> adranceil f..r thia con The niivst ixH.nl.ar of the fancy ste's are the ganlratlon of the younger set of aoelety. At Kast. WAr* p'linfiilly hurt in a rallr«>H«i wr»*«|i ■^"Ira. The aildeil ideaanre of akat twoste|i. waits, sohottlsche. three step, and their lest meeting at Ihe Metropeditan Roller tear rilt^hiir^. l*a., la^t week. Uiiik. Mareh Hi last, a siiecessfiil cotillion was ing with llie preaent hall liearlng akate, rathei gible waits The attainment of skill and pro- Tile l»ii:iM»*^l4Ts an.l einu'^.-^ la^t Snii.Uy *ietcl. F'''cv flgure of the eoHItlon was earrled nian the old eiinilieraome affair, greatly rn- lleleney on ndler skates affivrds as great pleas¬ «i>;ii*‘«l an a>;r*MiiMni ami will wtirk in hariiion.T nancea the enbnnient of akating, and alao ..Ilf on roller*, which w«s bat by Air. and Airs, ure, If not more that the acinisltlon of similar 'h!»k ^llllllner. Tiie ;»ettl*‘in«‘iit the .oniroveri^y ifowaril S Porden and .Arthur L. Horemiia with ah!i,.i,i' ""'u '/li! *"'*•'■*<1 “f cld barna and ram skill op |e«,. Hnle.'d. Ilgiire s'.iallng l« much w«a .ii»:ei| fr.»in the or tfiinl |»l «n. exiept* AIlss p.aker. ..."i ‘ **"' •'Inka are now In larg* more ilItTI. lilt on rollers than on Ice. Put when ■Its J of tile a^rre.Mii.’iil <*o\eriijc !»al- an. well ventllateit hnlla. with the eomforf a h iril movement on rollers is niastenal. the .Another rol’er skating eluh. which bids fair iries, it lK-in>: th.. «.e.il.in In .lispnte. amt i lt» akatera well lookinl after. Ir satisfaction Is protHirtlon ilely greater •o rival the Tueaday Fvenlng Skating riilh In •hi»* waK aiiiemle.l !«► lM*tter Ihe hlll;*‘*'*ter and 1 In Ik'* 1*'^*' **''‘*‘* eomforta In-tter aupplieil than It Is nitiiril that skslliig riain.l and mnrd Its poonlarlty among the society folk, has been not injure in any way ilie rlrniAA r.impaniei. " a Knller Rink at Boad n aa en b-ost rink twconic* mo lotoniais. and f..-e.ed eo I w ill meet this winter at the Aletnv Mr. y. F. Smith, ehalnn.in nf tin* < n‘U> a^nn* nf .k ' aeeond atreet, wh'rh la the mmlel for this reason. |ierh.i,ri’* tl»e f*»lh»wlnK siKna- v.n.ii . V""’*''" f'nka. The building la well inc Into prominence. The acquisition of the ■viuga. starting HecemN'r n. The patronesses tiirei* tU»‘ ajrr.nMnviit: llajrvnlM ek Waila**^. • .1 . f « . ”'himiMlloiia. oeeupylng a apae* f'ncv daneiiig tigiires Is dltHciilt. blit notwMi of the etni. are Al-a Frank Richard Hastier, SvlN Kioto. rol.‘ . Kimeiifik' Vvi^ . Harnnin let.nt'i ""'I extending the enfir* standing this fact, they h ive Ix-en atl.al vsl by vies. AV|1I|am J. AA'arburlon. Airs. Henry P. ml Halley, lUiffalo Hill, ami tin- Jn... Uobin-oD letxlli of the atreet fnmi Broadwav to .Her many. Imleial to those who have ni I'fcral Slavhack. Air*. Ru«*ell .A. Cowle*. Air*. Hector Shown. II. The air and light are ImUIi giant, them, at the ,irese it seas.m. all the fancy H H ,«c. m. vcr. Air* rii-rl. * H Alev er. Air*. Veil. Jerome, with liin sketch. In Frt»»tl*nd, ih.. * 'alfcr iM'lng atteatnl hy -tees se<‘meil an Imtioeslblllty at Ihia lime last to.lI* Haight, Air*. T Ily R. bl Fell. Airs. Fred- IH making a hit with The N.-w Fvntnry extrenielv ilark dav* .vear. ■Tie AA'.'*t Al.aeliouaM. Airs. J. Hallen Jenny it the Stan.lanl Tnvatrv. Ilm eoilorli.»nH ar# thi. ' "'••‘•'‘'arv to put on the llghta during H.iving mastered the dilflrpltles of skating ■nil A'ra Fr-nk Plaek. ‘u irt«Tn«N)n proiHTlv stralglitavvav. t>oih forward and bO'k Alfstcrn roller sV-atiog Is the most heatfhfcl ino’wt rvniarkahh*. Siitfuii ami llmN|H*th are the first carnival nom?iWhleh temla to Increxae th* wanl, the skater tie.ivines a c.anilldale for Hie aport know I. It helps the digestive organs to eompany of St l.tniS itvi '•.t.irte.l. Tlivy ar^ air «..i 'k that many ol first danc ing flgiire. which 's the two step. 'o their itiity, emt Is fi e great.-st of re.tueers If Ih. ’'’’"’'■n ata-letr |H>op|e are enthualaat, Pile following directions are from Hnsce used 'f follnwe.1 regiil -rly. From one to two pounds h4H»kin:: r.iphlly. an I with an e.irly H*ari. eV|H*et to ifvt tin* iH'^t '.how'x '•hliiin.ihle. at in'bm,; .k‘"* ‘'''■""a’ • ‘>'Fn'»v ••'•I hv Mr. Mark Mlniise. Itixir manager of the Met a diy can lie Io*f by skating steaillly for an Tile W.*’*fern Film Kwlia »ice. of Sf. I.«hiIh. 't ill.... *1 '•ctroiiolltan Blnk. t'or In roiHillt.in Blnk; hour or wa each day. It al*n maki-* the flgure .mil.. . *" to lieing regular patrona. •r-.cefnl, rullliig down the hips end re.liie'ng have now l.M-atv.l in their n -w .piarter** «»n the The tirst taught In the two sf,,,. Is what «kat .‘rk'.ni, ."".'I'''''' ""f **•■"» aoelety folk hai* •he atomech. .Aa bun'lreds of peo-|e ere skat ninth thH»r of the Te.itiiry Hnll.linjc here. Mr era call the "a la RIcliniond." or. to c'\|.ia'n will ..r . '.'"■""‘••''•'a Into akating cliiba, ami 'ng .lally fo* exerct*.. ea well as for their own \lkvn li.iH sewn hii: .uh.**' ami a Iarj:»» force more ch'arlv. tmtting one* f,s»t back of the oto c'.i I . ! ’' I'lcr. At the prea •u'ovment. It looka as |f roller sksHng would of hiisy peop?e takinjf care of hi^ huainesix. er. while the bcsiv Is movi ig f..rwsrl. .After a- fl. ' . ' ' ' three of theae eliilaa formeil. -.•main as .an attractive seorf. not only he- which Is );ri»win:; at i rapid rate. •he “a la Rl’ Iiiiiond" la rc>T|iiere.l. yon a hi a f- ,r and on the nlghia ol ai.ae of It* own worth hut al«o heeause Ihe little aide tnisli atep. making the c-caint. '•c re- D an S. Fisiivll. of the darri. k Theatre. It " ..1 ‘he ImIMIng will b* -Inks ere run on the hlgh.-st poe*lhle plane, two. one two. elr.. " In lime with t>voste|c nop now tfettl *i: r»‘a«ly f*»r am»thvr strenuous two iiin.i 1*1 V- Althonjrh Rkiiflnfr r*nkt» ind man.aged by thorough business men. ale. These Insiriicllons, with a few lioirs' iTac weeks* lMi^ine«>w.. Thl> time It is The New- \i\ .f II virinit.v. In tho nm^.ir flee, and vou ran two-atep forward. tywetU .'tml Tiielr Dah>. Ti;e demaml for setts iliir.ll. '* "" '>'*iertlon ible claaa. aid NEW ORLEANS. LA. h'is already coinmem*«‘'inent fl>'Id for the past Kitlonat.Ie riaaa la exrludril. the man straight strokes, using four coonis. The Prsi v.-uk were tirlght. a* all of Hie hoe*.'a report The ^'t. l.oiiis .\iitomohlle Sitow will be held hat Ihov er” I'oliig a, ea|iaelly luialiiess. snd Feb. I.*» .md wi*ek. .Mr. tiny K. ftotternitD. l"iii..'iie th’'*'‘'’"’*kreflned claaa. ■oiint Is a straight forward stroke, with Ho Tu ho vl.lt the Metro,adllan fre left foot: i-oiinl two 's .1 bicsvv. rd stroke with 'n.rn r'l In.lleatl' ns l.usln-'** w ill continue to manlier of the New* ('o*isenm. Is completing ... >■ inentl.M.nl !r. and Mra. Frank Hie right fcsit. turning in,* s|>c ciders lc:i knapi e-p thal wav. an.l with the AlardI Ora* Carnl ten- for the most tM*aut}fully dec<»rated arena > at n-'ii'lng iia we can look for a b'g Increase i*\er w t’lessed. Lloyd Flekett has the affair Mr amt MV" ” Havemever. to the right. Hiiis twisting vixirself hilfwa,' md Mra. |•allller, Mra. Anilier I.orlllanl around. Cimnt three consists in ninMiig one in the theatrical and moving picture buslneaa. in chirjre. WILL J. FAKLEY. 6 X ti e Billboard FEBRUARY 6, 1909.
NEW OPENINGS. Karl . Pon-v Corray __ .41an Itrooks KlfHnor Uotmoii In The Dawn of a To¬ Frit* . Robert Corray ,. Don Merrlliebl morrow. a in-w play by .Mrs. Francos Hfslft- Pontbichet ... Fraiiels Galll.ard , .Charles Rankin aon D'ltnott. at tlio I.ycoiiiii Tlioatro, .Monday Joseph . Porelval Knight ....John Wheeler ovoniiiK. lady RIntiold _ Vain Vain _ Ben TiirU-tt <1. I’. Uiintloy In Kitty Oroy. a musloal .Sadie Poiilson . Eva Kelly John Barrymore rsMiiody. adapted from the Kroncli by J. W. Marie . llarbara Huntley Charles Wedlake I'lKott. with niiisic liy I’aiil KnIionK, I.ionol Susan Itrlght Malad .Sealby ... Clareiiee I.uti .Monckton ami Howard Taltmt, at tlie Now Am- tiladvs . Gladys Desmond Jas. C. .Marlowe atordam Tlioatro. Monday ovonlnp, Mill Icon! .... Millioeiit Forsyth .. Sallie Fisher A Stiibliorn CIndorolla. a musloal oomody by Ethel . ,. Ethel Forsyth Helen Silinger Josopli K. Howard and Messrs. HoiikIi and Ad¬ Itarliara . Itarbara Dunbar - Ben Turbett ams. at the Itroadway nioatro, Monday eve- Matsd . . .Mals-I D'Estere Charles Weillake nInK. Dorothei .... Dorothea Temple .. Don Merrlfleld Wilhelm Toll, under the dlreetlon of Dr. Kitty drey Julia Sanderson ... Frank MagIn Itaiimfi-ld and Prof, .\lfrod Roller, at the new Herman Tlioatro, on Madison Avenue, on Fri¬ Kitty Grey Is in three acts, with music by Mort 11. .Singer proiliiced the musical com day evening. Paul RuIhmis, Lionel Monckton and Howard edy. .V StiililHirri Cinderella, at the Broadway Talbot. The book has bi-en adajited from the Theatre. .Monday evening. LYCEl'.M THEATRE.--The Dawn of A To-mor- French by J. W. Pigott. The story largely con- The first act shows the campus of a mythical row. a play In thre e acts, by Mrs. Frances Hisigson Burnett. RUSSELL BROTHERS. .sir Oliver Holt .... . Fuller Melllsh Mr. Oliver Holt _ Aubrey Bouclcanlt Sir Bowling Burford I'red W. Sidney Dr. Heath . .... George Farren Dr. Sstterley . .. Wallace Ersklne I.ord Tommy . . Alan Pollock Dandy ....’.. ... Henry Stanford Tlie Pat . . Walter Dickinson Mr. Jerome tells a very Interesting stor>. Tie Tlilef . .... Roy Fairchild His heroine. Fanny, a music hall artist, mar Barney . .... Claude Brooke vies a yoti'ig English lord. He ke<>pg his title Jem . . Arthur Barry a secret from his bride until they arrive at Ttie Kid . . Frank Itanlels, Jr. his ancestral hall. In turn, a business manager Binlell . . ... Ernest C. Joy has Invented for her a family that would adorn Powell . Ernest H. Wallace the best of family tr«‘es. After the honeymoon Inspector Ibirnas ... Henry Forrest Fanny finds that she has iM'come not only a Inspe<-tor Murray .. .. . I.lonei Hogarth pe«'rcss. but that her twenty-three servants First iiollcenian .... James B. Marryatt are ail near relatives. Her uncle, the butler, Second policeman ...... Chsrleg Kenyon Polly . bullies her until she revolts ami discharges the ...Caroline Kenyon lot. Loril Buntoe<-n Briefly the story runs that Sir Oliver Holt, < arefully selected. a man of large Interests in I.s>ndon. has fallen Into Ill-health, and Is iiractically given up b.v CRITERION THEATRE his idiysielans. who Inform him gtiardedl.v that WilUam Gillette, and Sam'on. at the he need extiect no hope from them. His Illness Criterion Theatre, are drawing crowded houses, Is b»-lng kept quiet, and he makes up his mind and the enthusiasm of the audiences Is such to change his garments, go off Into n s.iualld as only a popular play and a impiilar star cimld quarter of I>ondon. and there quietly blow his possibly evoke. The Bernstein drama tells a brains out. In this case his fortune will be left to bis nephew, a younger namesake of wonderful fascinating and thrilling human story, and Its chief character. Brachard. the money his own. .\s the phvajelans are denartine king, whose wife has be<'n misled by a rival, one of them outs In^o his hand a volume, with and who. In order to be revenged, pulls down the remark that while he can offer no earthlv his own forttine in accoin|)llshlng the destruc hope, many persons have found comfort and tion of the other person. Is as remarkable .a tha solution of their difficulties In the book he stage figure as the new century has prmluced. presents. S'r Oliver looks at It and smiles It Is the Bible. Mr. Olllett enacts this character with singular power and graceful artistic finish. He Is tre In the succeeding act, Apole Blossom Court, mendoiisly i>owerfuI In the big scenes and wins one of the most wretched of the tenement dis¬ tricts of I.ondon. Is shown upon a foggy night <-urtaln call after curtain call for his excellent Sir Oliver Holt has come to this place because acting. he bi'lieves an Ill-dressed man may blow him BIJOU THEATRE self to eternlf.v without anv particular com nient. He encounters a waif of the streets, A Gentleman From Mississippi, one a young girl with a most curious ohilosonhy rtf of the most successful comedies of the day. Is life, and from her. and her accidental dl-icov still crowding the Bijou Theatre. New S'ork. ery of his .tentlon to kill himself, he learns notwlthstamllng it has been before the public that the IS always a to-morrow, and that since last summer. Its -to-datc gotten holil of the tag o^t} of a great truth, young newspii|Kr man. who becomes his s rated hv his companions, he sets forth to prove Broadway Mm Innocent. The man Is or has been a pick HENRY E. DIXEY IN MARY JANE'S PA. pocket and a thief, but his hands are guilt¬ less of murder, and be kn*-ws he has no chance, Mr. Henry K. Dixey's New York for but one man can prove an alibi for him. and run at the Garden Tlieatre In Henry W. S.-n this man hates him. age's prisluetion of the big comedy drama Mary The man Is young Oliver Holt. Sir Oliver’s Jane’s Pa.. exiH-rlenced a week’s Interruption nephew, and he h's been In ptir«iilt of the on .Monday, February 1. when Miss Edith El waif. "Glad.” as she Is called. It Is belb-ved lis' charming play took a short trip across the that If he knows Dandv. the lover. Is out of bridge li» (ilay two matinees ani six night per formances at the Grand OiM*ra House, In Brook lyn. After the Brooklyn engagement, .Mr. E<-cenlric female ImiH-rsoiiators, in vaudeville. Dlxi-y and Mary Jane's Pa will return to the Garden Theatre, on Monday evening, February S. to resume the New York run. Mr. Savage, who Is In Paris, cabled his New corns the adventures of the Earl of Dnlston. Illinois univer-.it.v, the second a point along the York office to cancel three months of contracts an Impef-iinloiis lord, who is In search of an Texan Jlexican bonier, and the third a nata- made some time ago. and continue, unlnternipt- .\merican heiress. He falls In with Sadie I’oiil- torium at Coronado Be.ieh. Cal., ditring the ed. the priwiieroiis run at the Garden. This son, who Is a sister of Lady Binfield. at Biar- orange harvest season. ’ The Cinderella of the was done In all cases except the week at the rltx. Kitt.v Gre.v, an actress, is there, and af¬ story Is a you ig woman who has Is-en reared Grand Gpi-ra House, Brisiklyn. where the man ter a scene with .Miss I’oulson, Lord Dulston 111 general ignorance of worldly matters, and 1 geiiieiit across the bridge refused to siibstl liecomes one of the former’s ailntirers. The her acquaintance with men, outside of her own tute another attraction. Accordingly Mr. Dlxey King of Illyria, who Is visiting Biarritz, incog., family comes when she meets "Mac,” a uni and .Mary Jane's Pa journeyed to Brooklyn for is also In love with the actress. Sir John Bln- versity .student, who permits himself to be mis one week, after which he will ry*opi‘U at the- llebl. the hitsband of Lady Binfield. Is another taken for a famous sculptor. The third act Garden. admirer, and has given a dinner to Kitty Grey of the |>iece Intrisliiees a descriptive ballet, en¬ BENJAMIN CHAPIN IN LINCOLN AT THE III London. Lad.v Binfield visits the actress In titled The Grange Fete. her dressing nsmi. assuming the name of .Mrs. WHITE HOUSE. Roberts, and t-scapes later tiressed In Lady ('t)lnoi(ifiit witlt the pi't'pBrntioBH to Kitty's clothes and goes to tin- dinner. Many celebrate the forthcoming I.Incoln Centenary. Cfiiuplications result there. Lord Dulston suc¬ Mi.ss Maude Adam.s I.s in the second Benjamin Chaidn announces that he will ap|M-ar ceeding In making a muddle of the whole af¬ month of her wo iderfiil success In J. M. Bar at the Ganleii Theatre In his four-act play, fair. -In the last act. the complications are rie’s comedle. What Every Woman Knows, at Lincoln at the White House. Friday anil Hat all satisfactorily cleared up, however. the Empire Theatre. She is playing to the ca unlay, I'ebriiary .I and fi. during which wis-k Mr. pacity of this fashionable house at every per Dlxey In .Mary Jane's Pa, op|M>ars In Brooklyn. formance. and the enthusiasm of those who see Beginning Monday. Feliruary 8. Mr. Chapin will NEW AMSTERIUM 'niE.kTRE.—Kitty Grey, BROADWAY THEATRE.—A Stubborn Cl’ider- her makes each of the events a genuine ova¬ have the Garden Theatre for dally matlaei's of a niitsical cometl.v in three acts, adapteil from ella. a musical play In three acts. Book by tion to the actress. Her .Maggie Wjlle, which I.Incoln at the White House, while Mr. Dlxey the French by J. W. BIgott. Music, with In IDatgli and Adams; music by Jiweph E. How¬ ard. is a charming einlHsliinent of all the arch graces returns to give night iH-rformances only of Mary troiltictlons. by I'atil Rubens. and f.tselnatiiig [lowi rs of the actress. Is I ked Jane’s Pa. THE FAST. »s tlKiroiighly as the comedy Itself, and the The grins receipts of the two evening per- Iieople who fill the Empire and glory in the fornianci's. Feliruary 5 and 6 will be ilonateil to Tlie Earl of Dulston . G. B. Huntley ... Charles Brince the Lincoln Birthplace .Memorial Fund, of whlcU genius of the player and the playwright, do Sir John Blnfleld . . Bope Stamper R'lbert Harrington -Mr. Clan-nee H. .Maekay Is the treasurer. Ernest III.. King of Illyria • Charles Angelo . Dorothy Bn-nnei not place an.v restrictions iiism their enthusi¬ Oaint Trenit* .. Frank Berfltt . Alice Dovey asm In expressing their aiqiroval of lioth. II FEBRUARY 6, 1909. Xlie Billboard 7
OUR. CHICAGO CORRESPO
Polii-eiiian .Tlieislore Walters THK annual vL-ilt of John Drew at to nolle. This new vehicle em|iloya In the Walker Whiteside and Clirystal Herne as the Uullera . .M.-ssrs liraiil ami Leech r..wir» TIicKto- anil tin' aii|>«-araiir>' of east .sueli well known fari-eiirs of ninsleal com lual stars jMirlray with great realism the two WIIIluiii Karniiiii anil lliiilrli-i' t'lirlH'*- I’.liie Hussars: eily as William Knsell, Itoy Atwell, .Vlexamlei -haraeters ariaiml wliii-h the wonderful play of K'.lii ri'i M In Ilf ll•■Il^){al|t• at tin- Stiiili-liakiT Corporal Itictln-n . Cuy M-i1ib.» Clark. IColM-rt Itrislerlek. Frank ParrinBton /.auBwill Is hiiilileil. The siipiHirtinB players .1. till’ III;: rliani:i'» mi tin- tlmatriral iirintrain Private Si-limiilt .Lee Carrier C.ertruilp liarrell. .\ila Henry. Josle lntro|HMll ire capalde uml lend exiclient siii>|Hirt. •r Ini' wi-ik. Till- Man nf tin- llmir cmin-a la Klaa. the Ci-m-rars ilaiiBhter. . May Nainlain I'lnl others of that i-allhre. Mile. Mischief, th. ii MrVirki-r* lint 1» liM> wi-ll known In the Clementine, tin- ItiirBomaater'a ilaiiBhter . play. Is hainlsomel.v staB'-il anil the ei>in|iaii.\ THE SOUL KISS . Louise Ilreaser riiiijiio |iulilii* III l-i- i-alli-il iii-w. Mill’. Mia- Well leilani-i-il In every jiart. Mile. Mis«-hieL The inimitable dancing of Adeline . Il l f «ilii l.nlii iJlaai-r ata.\» omt at tin- (Jar- Mllrl. the in-ikei-pi-r's ilaiiBhti-r. ..A.mee AiiBelea Liilll Glaser. Is her own Irresistible self, ami Genee. the haiintinB tunes of Ttie S-nil Kiss rl. k. lii tn-i- anil tin- Smil KNa n-nialn aiir- Liiellle, niaiil to Klsa . Kthel Vivian illspeus.-s coiitaBious laiiBhs that ilemanil aym iiiil the e\c.‘Ilent eompany who perform In ..«-fiill> at tin- ('olonial. Tin- Cirls of liot- Natlile . Zana Ciirzon pathy. ZlegfeliPs newest eontlniie to he the altraetlon I. iilii ri: liav<- i-aintlit on at tin- lllino a anil have . Anna Hall It the t'oloiiiil Theatre. Genee Is the talk of iiion- »ri-k>, Arnolil Hal.v lia^ aron-il heav- Minna. Cajitaln of Coll.-Be .Hazel Xeason THE STRONG PEOPLE I he tow n, as she has been In every city In h III Till- Siront; I'i-o|ilo ami la iilayliiK to PriHla. lleail of .Mema-inia Coriis . .Clara Pitt This is the third week of The Strong which she has ap|M>areil. She Is the premiere III;; liii^ini-.s at Tin- lirainl 0|H-ra lloiiai-. Wah .\nna. heail of Pomerania Corps. Maln-l Williams People, foriiii-rly Tlie PirkpiM-kets. at the Graml ->f dani-ers, at the head of her class In concep¬ k--r Wliiti-'oli- ami Olirjatal lli-nn- at the I’hl- Kva. heail of Savonia Corps . Oriohi Haviilson Opera House, anil still It continues to (fain In tion and l•^ecution. and Is the real reason of . la-- iiiii-ra lloii'.- in-vi-r will tire the pratrona Lina, heail of Itonissla Corfis. .Vilelalile Kornaii popularity ami eoiiseipient atteiiilanee. It 1- The Soul Kiss. Of course a company that will •r III It tln-atn-, hut it la annoiim-eil that the Katrina, the only Blrl In K-ittentn-rB . one of the few- plays of the season that ile- ini-liiile sui-h names as Lee Harrison. Harney ii'iiiamla of otlnr i-ltli-a will take the icreat . Grace Uiopelle maml thlnkliiB attention ami are thrillInK with Iternaril and Ralph C. Herz has to tie boimI, and -lawlll play a»ay from iia alHait the Hrat of I'.arhara lirn-fiiiark, the poatmasti-r's ilaiiBhter.. out oversieppinB the nielialrania horilerline. The the above well known favorites are living up Mariii. The inil'ieal ahowa at the Whitney anil . Grai-e Walsh StronB Pi-onle i-onve.vs a stor.T es|M>oiall.T per- to their re|iutatioiis. Xinlitoriiiin are ini.nilar ami allow no variation I'ottl Herneastler, the iloctor's ilaiiichter . tine-it to this aBe of the ‘'Latior ami Capital” Ihi' week, hilt the two ain-eeaaea of the rrini-i-aa . Esther Kolilnson ipiestlou, ami is tolil In a manner that iloea THE MAN OF THE HOUR .Hill l.aS.aili- have Kmie anil the Inniaea an- ilark IMMil'iii; the iirialiii'tlon of Tin- I’rlnoe of To .-\t McVlckers this week is ajipear- iiialit :-nil Tin- liolileii tiirl. The vainh-vUle iiiB a play alMSil siHiiething that is of Interest w oirveil the piihlie at all the varimia vaiiilerille erfnl. replete with strength and spritikled with lioii'ea. ami the eoiii|H-tltion la aimilar to that luiiBhs tli.'it entertain while yiai thitik. It Is -aiiaeil hy the ateani roller eaiiipalitn that waa a play for the |ieople presented hy a i-ompany .-iik'lm-erial not ao lout: aco hy Klaw Ac Krlaniter. who take advantaBe of every line and draiiiatir Morrla hia nihoiit a ilmiht the (irettleat ahow pi isslbilily limiae in r tii.iny of the ■Si-i-iie ;;—The Market Plai-e. Gotli-iihi-rB. oh- has^ tn-eii m-nle iiinli r his true niiiie anil to all. The ioni|iany sii|>|H>rtinB -Yrnohl Daly laughs of tile evenin-g. Lillian .M-.rtlmer. the .\CT II —The Ganleii- of The Iteil Hen. is. as a whole, well halaneeil, with the lamsl lltli -I'll,, situations e-italleil are amusing *■’•1 famous ineliNlrani.a star, [days a Ihrlllet ealleil neross the rlier. near GolteiilM-rt;. hie eveeiit.oi of the eharaeter of Col. Poiitl- tin- I,IP'S s|i'^i-klln'j Mii-I witty. Uose I’oiiBhlan DiMir White Trish Jinny, a little story of unus¬ fev. who is s-uiu-what staBey ami a little ti>o ■Is Mrs, Parker Ji iinliiBs. ami Miss Miry Po ual pathim ami heart Interest. Warren and liml as 'hi- pn-ity ilauBhti-r. are e\eeptlon-illy This Is till- second week at the Illi- tioiiihastU- at times, hut who couiiteraets these lilanehard. Henrv Horton and Co.. In a niral ph-asliio. ainl the rest of the siiniMirtInB eom iioN Theatre of the trans|il.iTiteiI I.onilon Gaiety ih-tli-ieiii ii-s. ill a wav. h.v a manly aii|>earani-e plavlet I neh- Lem s Dilemma: Ollle Young and pan.i. i.iiii-li 1 irhiih-s Miss t.raee Hi-inh-rso-i. Thi-aire iiiii'ii-.il i onusl.v. ami allhiaiBh it eonies mil a Sims! voice. .\rnoIiI Daly la seen at his Itri’is.. ' the Tliree Westons. Tlie I.es Orrans best, ipilte true to the eharaeter anil with the 'liss Aih-l.i'ih* Priin-i-. Miss Helen Kreeman to ns minus Gertie \illlir. it is jfissl enoiiBh and a half dozen other features comiiWte the I'Icar I.. Iiiien-Hirt. Mario Maji-roiii. Frank interests of the play always in minil. He la to please, ami I'he Girls of GotteiilH-rB Bel the [irograin. •ioliKinllh. 1? Soliioin- Powell ami Kilwln M <-rowils. It Is eh-.in. w lioh-soiiie, fiiiiiiy without one of the few stars who can forget hla name THE OLYMPIC MUSIC HALL iiiih-r. Is Well halaiii-eil ami i-npatile lieliiB coarse. .'-iiI has wiiiiilliB iiiusie. James a-iil never forBct his part. Fmmet CorrlB*n Plaki-ley. as .M.i\ .Mislilelkopf. a former bar Blves a ts-aiitlfiil |Mirtra.val of an olil. philo- The top of the bill at the Olympic the girls of oottenbero her. Is’ the lilt of the play. His eoimaly Is soplileal shoemaker, ami is extraonllnarlly con- this week is ilaiiiii'd hy the Hetigli-r .Sisters, IIIK lilltus up (linTKMtKIti; Wr.tlen h,' hrlBht. s|ioiitaiii-ous anil timely, anil with that vliiiluB- Kernanila Fliscii as Jmlilh Zaralne, fanioim datieing iM-aiifles. who are well known ili-orBi- ilrnssiiiltli. Jr., ami I.. K Iteruiin. of Louise le. Sliver sn-l Nelson, * liiiii-s. ami has some of the art of that Breat 'lush- hv Halt Paryll anil l,toin-l Moinklon. S4'i-ues. .Viiiii-i* .ViiBi-li's ami Ltoni-1 .MarKliiih-r two of tile greatest clowns the w orlil has ever John It. Hazzaril ami .May N.iuilain are others aetn-ss. James Galbraith, as playeil by .Albert si-en. havi- a sketch called Fi-atiire Finds.^Sny¬ ■ AST OK ('HAUAfrrUS In the cast who are espeeially worthy. The Itrni-iii'iB. I* a i^-l. cali-nlating man. such as der and Itui-kley hav-- a new offering. .N-* Smok¬ we assot and the ninsleal melange of Lew Sully eomidet* 0-1 the excellent proBram is a --hlf’ ilone hy I,. - . I.lonel MarKimler hetter then Is usually the case In entertain tlitf program. Fri-nzied Frolics. In addition to I'rillhiitllo. Seriteaiit of Hussars . iiii-iils of this nature. In Its entirety. Tlie Girls Master W.illaee .v«liarp. who pl.iys \ Ilo.r p»‘r Lew Sully, employs the services of Giis Weln- of Gollenla-rB 1' a clean comeily with n-al inn- feetly, anil In a aeene with Daly shows tnily an .. John K. H.izzanl htirg. Stella Manr.v, Katherine I’almer. McKay .iril't. T'le StroiiB 1‘eopli- Is ope of the best of 'o-iii-ral. the MarKrave of Save NiM-rs|ein .... sl< so hlemleil as to rounil lait a ileliBhtfiil per- nnd Cantwell and The Eight Rerlin Madcaps. till se atiraetions now apiiearipB on the Chi- . . Itoas t'lirToril foiiiiani-e. rnBo staBo; It entertains ami eiliirates. THE HAYMARKET "ttii-ers of the Itlin- lliiasars- MLLE. MISCHIEF o oiiel I liikhiiiseii .Krnest t'oasart THE MELTING POT F:dna Phillips and Co., the Four . Overto-i Moyle At the Ciarrlck Theatre. Miss Lulu Tra|>nel|s. Dan Ittirke and Girls. Belle Hatha¬ il'"'"""' . Warwick WellInBlon Glaser contlmies to ileFi;lit with her nilsehiev- At the Chicago Opera House. The way’s Monkeys. Viola Duval. Espe. Dutton and k"','* . UhlBWi-ll I'u'liim ous antics as Mile. Mlsihlef. Her Infeetliais MeltloB Dot has p.isseil the lOOlh presentation Espe. Gray an-l Graham, Timti Mahoney. EinUy HI .. Henry Vliieent IriiBh, her ilashliiB vivacity ami |M-rsonallty are In this clt.v, ami is still tnovluB ahead In In- Nice. Barnes and I.evlna and The Three Mltch- ,, "’•‘fn'. Cajitalii of llraBisMis.. la-slle IJazr siiftli-li-nt eiilerlaimiient In lhem«el\es. hut when creaslns sm-eess. It well deservea ita present (lls were on the bill at the llaymarket Theatre ItiirBoma.ter . K.lwar.l tlarvle eiiBinenti-il. as they are In Mile. Mlai-hief, hv laat week. nin-iihli-r. an iiiiikee|M-r ....Saronv l.amln-rt clever lines ami eatehy uielialies. they lainslltiite voBue, and Is of the kind that gets better as '’niliih. town clerk . It H. Nell an rveniiiB's eiitertalnmeiit such aa la aeeoml the i>eople realise Its great dramatic worth. (Continued on page -W. I 8 13illl>oarAnimal ankiiig (lltices. is rwovering from his automo¬ West during Its tour III Great Britain, but has ' Persons who patronize the thrilling or unusual “There la no creature on earth that auffera bile accident ami Is ex|M‘cted back at bla desk since Joined the vaiideyllle ranks. Is recovering more than the animal peta of the atage folk : in a month. forms of amusement In vogue at Coney Island when their maatera are on the road. I am from a serious 0|M'rat|ou n-cenlly p<-rformed at do so at their own risk ami cannot expect to a|H^king from exia*rb*nce,** and aa ahe a|>oke the Presbyterian Hospital, New York. ri-cover damages for injuries undei' general con- Wllmer and Vincent are booking strong bills Mlaa Kergen reached down and fondled her prire illtli ns. was the ruling of the Apjielate Division •F for their circuit of vaudeville houses and It is winning bull terrier which alept In Ita elder of th,- Supreme ('(atrt r<-centl.v. Mrs. Ph(M-be Julius sieger will soon discard The Fifth stated they will add more bouses. down lined baaket at her feet. l.umden sui-d the Scenic Railway for HO.ms) and Commandim-nt for an entirely new sketch. The got a verdict of Id.lkXi. for Injuries rec-lved "When an actreaa geta a call to go on the Fifth Commandment Is one of the nK’ord heail- The Brothers Huxter have arrived from Eii- when she was thrown out of a car anil It road.” ahe continued. "It la next to imiHiaatble llners fia- length of time t>resentaalble. If It haa b«'en g**ttliig Ita in undertaking It." bath at a certain hour, thla will also lie con¬ tinued. It will get the same kind of food that it haa been accustomed to. whether It be dog IN TIME OF PEACE PREPARE FOR biscuit or chocolate carmela. WAR. “The aiilmala will have separate wards, the dogs In one. cats in another and blnia In an¬ The other day. In flaring headlines. app<-ared other. allhiaigh there will la* no ‘monkey house.’ In th<- New York papers: “Si-nd the Rattle A skilled veternarian will be In coualaut at¬ Ship back to the Pacific'' It might have bc-n tendance aud the charge will be but nominal, I o-sible that thi- ones in authorlt.r had heard running from »I.(»o a week for a small animal, about th- order rcelvisl from a large Japan(>se up to fll.iai for a large one like a Great Uane ex|>ort I oncern by the W. F. Mangels Co., for or Mastiff.” battleships, monitors. cruNers and torpedo boats to b,- shipiied to Japan not later than December + l.'i. Itbis. This oixler has Iw-en filled together After a week's rest In the Invigorating Cat with other flxtur,-s for shooting galleries. skill Mountains. Miss Kva Tangiiay, the mael¬ This company also n-celved at the same time strom of vaiidevllli*. comnu-ncea a strenuous en¬ an order for one of Its famous gallotdng horse gagement at Keith and I’roctor’s 12.-dh Street carousels. There Is a posslblllt.y that the Jap Theatre this we«-k. Mlaa Taugiiay will remain anese Intend to use this machine In getting Into at the uptown house for an Indefinite |a-ri(* Willie stunt. That Is the loc- I papers ran duce numerous biirlesiiui's on well-known plays. ar’Icles shout the adventures of $N0 Willie and Doelach and Ztdibauer are VIenesse street mu- offering f.'V) In gold for his capture. siclans who preaent almost a little classic In N'otwvty siis'H-cti-d that Manager Gillen was A a musical way. The only inatriimenta they use the WlHle the people were bavklnc for. but “ are acconllana but they extract wouderful har¬ Wlllle was captured by a lady at the box office mony fiom them. Hobby North has an entirely of the Empire. This scheme crowd,-d the Era new mouologtie and several new |>arndles. .Mon¬ pire every night while this reward was nn roe aud Mack are clever and amusing black¬ claimed, notices being l««ued that $.10 Wlllle face comedians. Des Kyaysaa prea4-iit an act would be at the show. The new departure was In which remarkable feats of strength are shown, a big success. the woman of the team getting her lifting power from her hair and the man using his teeth for the same purpose. MINISTER, PLAYWRIGHT, ACTOR. + • Kenosha. WIs., therln-goers had s chance to Keith and I’roctor’a Fifth Avenue Tlieatre wltn,--,s a first production when The Cowboy and this week, has one of Its usual excellent bills. the Thief was iiro,Iuc«-,l at the Rhode Oiu-ra Mr. Bert Coote and a considerable sup|H>riing • louse. The play Is the w,'rk of the Rev. 1 conipany present a farcical playlet. A Lamb Wendel Itavls of Bryant, Okla., a regular or In Wall Street. In this little sketch .Mr. Coote dslncl minister of the Protestant Episcopal Is given splendid opiatrtunlty to dlsplav his Church. Mr. Dar's play,-,! the leading part In originality as a comedian. .Melville El'lla In the pro,Iuct|on. Th,- idi-ce went off. It Is ssbl. his planologue |M-rformaiice has a prominent with a smoothness which was unusual for first place on the bill. He has ad’nn,la, to fill a date at the Teck Tliea made up of young tnen with splendid voices .Mr. .MtsIhurst has to his credit several successes, among them being My Parlor City Maid. Zil- tre. Buff: lo. N. Y.. last we,-k. Th,- Cana,llan and an inherent vidn of humor. The Mysterious leka. > y Sunday Giil. I-eop on a Sliiidiig .Vister .Misui. and Just a Gllni|ise of GimkI Old llays. olflci-rs clos,-|y scrutinized every pb-ce of bag Mermaids are what the name implies. In this For publication during the coming summer he led two pleasing novelty songs, Sulu Sue, ami gage and overhaul,-,I the same. The practice performance two comedy youtig women are seen 1 Wish 1 was a College Boy, also Down Sweetheart Lane. wl'l oc-aslon much ,1,-lay to ,-,unpani,-s making In a huge glass tank, tilled with water. While dates b,-tween the rnlt,-,l Stut,-s an,I Cans,la. underneath the surface of the water they are It la bellev,-,!. seen In most extraordinary stunts. This week, at tile American Music Hall. Mr. A new vaudeville booking office has Is-en op<-ned and Mrs. Edward Lucas are making their Amer¬ at t.'CiS Broadwa.v. bj* Danb-l J. (trahani, form¬ ican tbdiiit In presenting scenes from the works erly in the box-office of Tony Pastor's Theatre, GRACE KEIFFER BREAKS ARM. of Charles Dickens. They curry special scenery and Jules Lawett. MIsa Bessie W.vnn, who has been showered and have an act that pleases. Graee Kelffer. wife of Fre,l Chaun,-ey, and with musical comoily ofrers, still remains In 4* l,-a,ll'ig laily with the Chi-iincey-Kelffer St,sk vaudeville. She Is featuring Won’t Viai !«■ My Laurence Irving and Mabel Hackney will ts- Company, while ,-n.|oylng a f,-w lumrs recreation Baby Boy ami has iH-coinc IdentItItHi with That's seen on the .Morris Cin-ult in the near future in the Nix,in Th,-atre Skating Rink. January What the Ro,., Slid to Me, singing this song The Lincoln S piare Theatre, this week, records In a sketch (-ntitled. The King and the Vaga¬ IN. f,-ll and broke h,-r arm. Ml«a I,ee, the for more than two .vears. now replacing It wlih the initial iierforinance of a new sketch by Mr. bond . und,-r'tudy. took her role anil did well. Leo lalwards' nev.‘ rose song, This U'lse Brings anil Mrs. .Arthur Forbes, written by .Mrs. Forbes Thunulay night. January 21. on a wager. Miss my Heart to You. and entitled A Wild Bose. K,lff>-r apiM-areil with h,-r arm In a sling. In The Bachelor GItls of Liberty Hall Is the ti¬ <*• the l,-a,llng role of .An 01,1 Man's Darling, and •5* tle of a new iiiiislcal comedy sketch W, H. An¬ ,-v,-ry s,-at In the hous,- was sportlng conipany In a sketch, en¬ ❖ bonnet Sue In a letter she s.- ys: “I am using titled Fun In a Trolley Car, in which he pla.vs NEW THEATRE AT NIAGARA SiinlHinnet Sue and it Is without a doubt the The John J. Iris .Vuiuseiuent Company have a a conductor. best song I have sung In man.v years. When I g-Kil act In (lid Dr. Young, which has had Its FALLS. N. Y. leave the theatre everybody says, ‘there goes tr.xoiit and made giKsl. sunbonnet Sue.’ ’’ Groiin,! was brnk,-n. January IN. at Niagara House Wanning Is the title of an act in ❖ ❖ which Sophie Eve-reft will siMin Is- s«-en In New Falls. N. Y.. for a h.'in,lsome vamb-vllle theatre, York with a sutiisirling company. The Exposition Four are preparing elaborate to c,»,t $‘J(i.(KMl. Th,- theatri- Is to s,-at TOO fs-o- The program, this week, at the Alhambra. cost Hill,.s for sevi-n complete changes during ple and N to be c,uupl,-t,-il Man-h I. Harry Includes Ib-iirlett* Crosman In her playlet. Peg¬ lb<-lr act. I umls-rg and .A. G. Part,-,- an- tin- owners of gy (t'Conno-; .lert Levy. the MIrr.a Golem *!* the n,-w pl-yluius,-. Mr. Luiulu-rg Is also l,-ss,-e Tre. Stel- Mayhew. Kennedy and Itisiney. Grac<- Tyson and Arthur J. MeWaters have of the International Th,-atr,- at the Falls. John Nelson anil (irto an.l Pat Riione.y and h|s com¬ le't The Mimic World and are back in raiide- William Morris has extended his contract Alb-n. of Buffalo, will have charge of th,- ,tec,v pany In his new act. Simple Simon Simple. vine. with Severin. the piiutoiiilmist. rat bins. FEBRUARY 6, 1909. Xlie Billboard MUSIC AND THE STAGE
EDGAR SELDEN. Brief Biographical Sketch of Edgar Selden, Maurice Itah.v Talk, coon sonc hy Chris Smith. Is being Intrcslueed hy .Miss Alda Overton Walker In Shapiro’s Right Hand Man—United States Philippine llanilanna Laud, with much success. The Man of Tact, Talent and Attain¬ ment, Who i» General Manager of The It. A It. liooklug Agi-ncy report that Constabulary Band, the History of its Organization at'oiit nine out of every ten sliiKers that work the Music Publishing House of from their office use Itoses. Shapiro. and Some Notes of its Present Tour—News Notes. MerrIt I.umI has alreaily completed a musical Compoier. Producer, Showmsn, H»nd-8h»ker, I comedy that be ho|ies sisui to present In Chi caco. Advertiiinf Expert and Many Sided Man rcHfilonnl work on the |>0|iiil»r prints. Ills work Thomiis Sheriilan, of the Ch.'s. K. Harris Co., v of Affairx. Is already Is'Klnniiii; to hrinjj returns, as tie* n-porls that slides ha'e Is-eii made l>y Scott Whistle If You Want Me, Dear, continues Kreimr Co. notice an unusual deiiiainl from the ind Van .\Itena for T>-rry Shi'rnan’s True Blue, to he oue of the Ids sellers for the Whitmark Twin Cities. ami for Nolasly Knows, Nobody Cares. Co. liolh Eilirer Scldcn and .Maurice Sliapiru hare 4* iiiiiilf caiiM- for loinfialulatlou when lUey look tia<'k O'er the |>a-*l t«o uud a Uiilf yean*—to Tom Mahoney Is usIiir When Itriilset Malone Morning Cy is still selling In lota of fen and their chance mtstiug on the latter’s return from IlKkl's Winnies Salome and tinds it is the last noriliy oli with th.dr Kosslter twenty thousand to the music Johhert. HcrliD. ** iihuals wan iu lUe of comic hohij rn^atlon In Ilo N workliijf on aro pla.ilni; WNooiHln tlim* at proaont preiiaraliou for the launching of his aunual t new and bin novelty act. usliin full stane and eijcun ||, ciiicano to follow, thealiical pr. .luctlous, Shapiio, after a hiief a numlH-r of dummy Unures. It is to be called ... That Dreamy Waltz from The Soul Klas con n-lir'-uieiittvlir'-uieiit Hornfiom luethe music puoiisuioKpuldlshlug ueiuOelU luIn ITn* Klug of lloil Carriers. , e, , i. tlmi<-H to gain iu favor. which he bad always been the domiuaiiug pow The Impt-rlal Conieily Four arc tilling a three we,-ks’ ciigageineiit at tlu- FoiiiiNiin Inn. Mll- er. hail lesolvevl to re-euter the areua. Tuey Joc M. Harris went down to New York for wauk<-e. They rejMirt complete su'Isfaction with exchaiiKi‘ab- Doaie Man. swered, ”1 am In the show busiLess.” 8hapliu tersely replied, "folget It.” »<-ldeu heeded the Miller and Hnmmeat are using Trembling Case sduiuuitiou. aud thus the germ of uucleus of EDGAR SELDEN. with big auccesa. the pres«'Ut-day house of "Suapiro” si.rang luto life, and their close frieudship of long staud.ug, ri|H'Ued iuio a business associatlou that has NEW SONGS. bts'U producti'e of accompllshmeut seemlugly Increilible. heldeu's ready adaptability to all eu'irouaieuts, h.s tireless eueigy, aud dogged teuacity lu adhering to hl.s couvlctlous. are Chorus Words of Late Offerings of bis chief characterisilcs; while his persoual ac-, the Leading Publishers. iluaiutauce with people in all brauches of amuae- meui. both here aud abroad, la second to uoue amtsig the music puhllsbera, he haviug traveled OH YOU KID! pracitcaily aiouud the world. Uh. yem kill! Uh you k!d! Despite his mauifold dutlea. aa Shaplro'a Come, uow. say yiHj'll let me cuditle closer; "righi hand mau,” Mr, Seldeu takea time to Soil your head, hut doi’t you au-.wer “No sir.’ add cle'er sougs of hla owu writing to the cou- Uh, yim kid! Uh. yiai kbi! siautly iucre,.sing ‘'^hapiru” catalogue, aud hla I mean every word I've ever told you. versatility is apparent lu the extreme diver- Kiss me ipiick. or else I'll have to scold you. geuce of hla bit of the present moment. Uh, You Uh. ymi kid! Kid. as Cumpated with his immortal classic. The I'halKe. Il.a iwpularity among piofesaloual peo¬ Copyrighted and published by Shapiro. ple, the valuable asslatauce he extends In the liettermenl of their acts, the selectiou of the * right soug to liolater up the weak aput, a SOMETIME word of eucodragemeiit, aud endoiaemeui that Sometime yotiTl love D;e. Dearie, yea, Dearls, gets the reclpieut the work desiled. are of cou- Sometime we’ll happy lie. liuuous occuiieuce iu his dally plan of helpful¬ ness. Meldcu thinka there la no oue i|ulle the Sometime, with heart grown tad and weary. euual Of Maurice iibaplro. What sthaplio thluka I know yiHi’ll come to me. of Selden la fully as tlatterlug. Sometime we’ll be togi-ther. Sometime my dream will all come true; riieii I’ll caress yon, bless you; THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY Tv' my heart I’ll press yiai; BAND. SiNuetime, dear, yim’ll love me. too. Copy righteil and piihllsbed by Harry Von Tll- zer .Music Dubllshiiig Co. To help the American soldiers keep order in the I'billpplues. to suppress outlaws, Insitrrec- | ♦ tos, etc.. Code Sam urganlxed the l‘billpploe ^ THAT WOULD MAKE YOU HOMESICK. TOO. Constabulary. The Coustsbulary Band Is an Integral part I'm so awful homesick. I’m so awful blue; of the enlisted strength of this military org.viil- If yiHi lost your home, dear, you'd lie homesick. xatlon, aud on Ha present tour through Aiin-iica tiH>; is miller the command of Captalu Mark llersey, If you wrote your sweetheart, “Take me back, an officer of the L'ulted States regular army. idease do.” The preai-nt high-clasa musical orgaulxstlon .And she’ll answvr, ’’Tltere’s no chance, sir,” Is the result of eight years untlrlug work on . That woiiM make you homesick, too, the part of Conductor Loving. The tlfly glfte,! Copynghieil and published by Fred Fischer Flllpluos who now couipose the Constabulary .Mii.slc I’uh. Co. band were selected by Captain Loving, the Con¬ ductor. after years of search and try-outs. The •i* result is that they perform the world's Iw-st IT’S THE PRETTY THINGS YOU SAY. music with artistic exactness and amaxing abil¬ It’s the pretty things vou aay, dear. ity. All Kilipinos are natural liom musicians, .\ud toe pretty tilings you do. and this bend has lung been famed tbrougb- It’s the i.retty smiles yiHi smile, dear, •ait the Eastern Hemisphere for the excellence -And yoir |>relly eyes of blue. and high iiuallty of its music. Tourists from It’s the pr.'lty bM>k you give me. everywhere visit the Urieut each season, and Whi-n 1 ask yiHi to lie true, the greatest attraction In the l‘hlllpplues Is the comvrta given by this baml. It Is to it's the Very pretty girl you are. Manila what the U. S. Marine Baml Is to That's why I'm fond of you. Washington. At all government functions, mili¬ Copyright'sl and piihlisheil by Tisl .Hnyib-r tary. WK-Ial events, etc., the I'hilippine Constab¬ Coiu|iauy. ulary or Its accompanying orchestra Is In de¬ mand. At Ibe St. Louis Fair In ItHVi this band car- A NEW MARCH. rleil ctr first honors, and was one I'f the amaa- Ing features of that splendid exhibit from the The Klofipi-nbnrg .March, dedicated to the I'hilipplues. Klo|i|M-nliuig Club of Cincinnati, la one of the Whetuwer this band has appeaiv-d It has creat¬ iM-st comiMisiliona of lla klml written lu several ed amazement and enthusiasm by Its astiMimllug years, ’The pb-ce is a im-illey of aeveral old ability: not only Is an ordinary audience In¬ and ever-|Hipiilar airs and while It has not yel variably carrieil off Its fi-et. but barsilions have already won Instantaneous III March. __-—---- and favorable recognition. He Is s brother to Being purely a government Institution, much . • Herman Bcllstevit, the well known cornet so- difficulty Was encouutereil fii si>curlng |iernils-|on rresent conditions around the Ko«slter profes- to talie the "band on a public concert "oiir tbroiigii Broadway v'cirl*' at sb nsl office Imllcste that Benile Adler’s Dreamy America Finally, however, cmisidei ing what and from -The ‘"'.l conslstent- Uig Is going to be even a bigger bit than The an educative and Instructive beneltt such a tmir the Helm. I* all xolug r. g Lov In’ Bag. NEW CANADIAN THEATRICAL OR¬ would have on the .American |M-ople. in giving ly guild.ig In ssb-« GANIZATION. them s broader conception of the Filipinos, the I’hilippineilllpplue (iovernmentt.overnment gave Ita consent. , American Mu«lc Hall HairyIlarrv JoJones, who was Instrumental in mak¬ ing Kiss Me iiopiiiar In Chicago. Is now iKoystliig The following parth-s will make appllcatloD I Iklnirs Not a Bit Like I.ovlng. for the Victor I at the ni-st se«sloii of parllnieni of Canails for CHICAGO MUSIC NOTES. 'f MsW- a Vd-S’ Like .. H.->p a-d Iloll .A'ya.v. HklngsKremer CoNol I *ncorporillon un.ler the Joint Stia-k Cmiip-mies - I Want Someone to Call Me IVary. and None Kremer Co. 4, Act: .Meaars. I'aiil Leniariiuanil. .Montreal: T. Mr. M. J. Kennedy, western manager for the of 'Them’s (lot .Anything on Me. It. Camidu-ll, WlniiiiM-g: J. Bol>lllnro«' of th** coDipnii.v Is to purrbss# that Is exeeptlonally gmal or eatchv. It la a .head Everyhody’a Happy When the Sun Shines was and lake over as a going concern, the busing sore tiling that liefore long those who are for- the brightest niinilMT of the act of Hannan. h'-n-tofore cairbil on It.v the Slarlaml Film Ex Innate enough to listen to one of hla new tliite moaleal sssist- Diggs ami Burns at the Star Theatre last week. change Conipiin.v. owners of th'-atrea In Portage litaiioa will hear that song and many others that Mlaa F:ilaElla Sherman la lenif"'""'' B lx Prairie. B-andon anil Sa«kafi>«n. The chief are Hmely on the ,mpuUr catalog.'" anoeanc- loto Mr. ‘'•Hh’-Ptc.C.lllesple. who.w ho. ItH ^l^a said,sabI w 111HI ^j|ehe + place of husiiii-sa will lie Winnlis-g. n-sponslhle for the songa to ."f The Fair Co-Ed has left its. hut the catchT I play that will oja-n the proimaed tort Theatre. music of that dainty little oi>era continm-a to SARAH TRUAX A MOTHER. Frank Merritt la hnally engaged these days In lM> In favor around town and is In big demand. eoiiBiriictlng a big act In which Riwslter prints * Sarah Triiax. formerly a prominent actrese will he used. Ills many friends will be sur- TliThe Doric Trio are I'laylng ,*! eaent an.l r.'i«orls lh.it l■'•ach.‘.l the B'avst'' f prlaisl to see him do anything but black face,race, preaepreaeni anu i--WhrWhen You Dream of Someone and Someone *"•' the '-vlfe of Charloa S. Albert. liiil In this new one he will have a make-np office imt.ml go.«l "Vr, ^u Tw^ Pnoini "I a neat tramp. He aa.vasays lie has alwaya been for n Day. and I Like Ihi Waj ^ %l%aid number for Smith ami Dunn. mother of a girl January .1. Mrs. ^bert a last stage venture waa a starring tonr In Tlie S|>lder’a neat, hilt never before has he been a tramp. Web. .A ntinaMc marrage with Mr. Albert. Jnal Imogene Combt-r I" "•'"f "fi;* ’ Felix and Calre. at the American Music Hall. »is’ ago. while she was still a tt.>apllai w Vorco. who baa aaaoclat^ In Chlrapo amiIII NoImhI.tNoImhIv Known. NoNmItNoNhI.v Iinr^n nivn * wi*4*k. pot an hipblp ham!hnml for IVt Name* ami vnU^iu^nt nftor a twrlona oiwratlon in Chlra|o emU-d her stage career. "■Ith the Victor Kremer Co., haa been trana- Is also using "f, '•"'If nrints ' the other song hits used In their act farred to St. Paul and Mlnneipolla to do pro- All of these are Chaa. K. Harris prints. . T 10 X In e B i 111> o a r <1 FEBRUARY 6, 1909.
Amusement N i E 1 ws Events M E r j R 0 of the \^eek ( Cl EN
Baltimore to have Twenty Weeks of Grand Opera Next Season with the Metropolitan Company—Con Patronage—Little Nemo Moves from New York to Boston—New Theatre to be Built in Minneapolis and
BALTIMORE, MD. edy ni'Xt season. Sin- Is well reinemln-red for PITTSBURG, PA. llarther. Crawford and /imier anil new mo¬ lii-r excellent Work as one of the principals In tion pictures. Buhea in Toyland. The Ciiiiieriiphone is attracting large aiidi Si'VtTal wtH-ks aKu It whh iiniiciiiiirril that lial- .Mine. Nazimota ois'iied a week's engagement .Mr. Itols-rt .Mantell will apis-ar at Ford’s eiices to the Premier, and, for this week, .Man¬ tliiion* was Id the thrws of a iin-rry war 1«‘- at the Diiquesiie, Monday night, to a large and week of February I,'! and has niap|H>d out a ile- ager .Mimhier has arranged an excellent program, tWfeii th)- Mctri)|M>litau anil th<- Manhattan Op¬ enthusiastic audience, presenting The .Master chledly strenuous w»s-k for himself. He will featuring Alice Lloyd. Collins and Harlan, amt era ('iiiiipanii-s and at the same time It was Builder. .Mine. Nazimoxa will present during give eight |M-rformani'es. there Is-iiig a change Stella Mayhew with the marvelous Invention. mentinm-d that no matter in which direction her stay. Iledda Habler, A Dolls House, and of bill at each. He will present Romeo and .Vt the Comlqiie. .Manager Downey Is present the wind blew, the music loviiiK folk of this Ciantesse fiaiiiette. Juliet. Richard 111., The .Merchant of Venice. lug moving idctiires of the recent earthquake In Heo, .M. Cohan and his royal family, in The town would Is- Is-netltted thereliy. It has so Richlieu, Louis XL. King Lear, .Macbeth, and Sicily, to tine business. In addition to the resulted. Italtimore will. ne.\t season, have an Yankee Prince, Is the Nixon’s bill this week, llamiet. .Mr. .Meiitell is |H>|>uiar here anil such regular 'how. Wee Laddie Waddell, .Martin and a rousing gissl bill it is, too. Mr. Cohan 0|s-ra each week for twenty weeks by the fa- an ambitious program wiil undoubtedly meet Walsh. .Mildred Emerson ami Eva Y'oung com will play to cupacity during his stay, at least mists stars of the .Metro|iolitan ('oin|ian.r. The with eiHirmous patronage. plete a strong bill. the box-office sales so Indicate. Lyric has been taken over by a comhination of. Julia Marlowe comes to the .Veademy of Music Several novelties have bi-eii s«‘curee made next summer. When comitleted It will Baltimore’s Building lus|H‘Ctor is one who skit. previous ones. he suited to Kive the most elaborate operatic Is'lieves in living up to the strictest letter of Sousa and a liand of list musicians, will give prisluctions without the least ditticulty. As the The Hrand has another of Its excellent high- the law and. as a result of the adojitlon of the a tieiietlt for the Charitable Fund of the .Musi¬ class bills. Every act was well received and opera will rispilre the use of the hall hut one new building cisle. aii theatres. In the future, cians’ .Mutual Relief ScM-lety. at .Mechanics’ there was a general clamor for more. On the niKht a wts'k. It will still continue as the home wilt have their programs contain the tloirr plans Hall, Sunday evening. February 14. bill were several old time favorites, the new of the Itiaiton and I'hlladelphia tirchestras and of the house. The Cand.x Kid will return to the Gram) ones have won friends, and their return engage¬ other vIsItinK musical iWKanizatious and art¬ Opera Hous<‘ early In Fehruary. ment will help to keep up the reputation this ists. Broken Idol will (irotialdy lie put on for house has for presenting the In-st at all times. Tlie l.yrlc was up to the present, controlled BUFFALO, N. Y. a summer run at one of the Boston theatres. Ill Old Kentucky is plajing the Bijou this by .Messrs. Fred II. (Jottlleh. Kriiest ,1. Knals*, Maude Adams will soon begin rehearsals of week, anil is doing excullent business. Jr.: William Knabe and Manaker Hernard I'l- That prosin-rlly has not struck the Ebs-trlc Schiller's Joan of .Vrc. which she la to play In Blauey’s up-town theatre has The Straight rlch, eaeli of whom owned a quarter share. City any too heavy Is evinci-d by the theatrical the Harvard Stadium on June A com|>any Road. Minnie Vlctorsou plays the leading role •Mr. ririeh will continue as manuKer and will sliowing at the several theatres. Vaudeville Is of wveral hundred players will lie engaged in also be tile personal representative of the New doing finely and also burlesque: melodrama of Moll O'Hara. A large audience greeted the the production. oiH-niiig performance. York owners. ciHiies close and the higher priced bouses are .Master Habiiel. who o|>ened at the Colonial The New Highland oihmusI, this wi>ek, with the The .Messrs. (Jottlleh and Knabe are music not any to the gooil. The popular price bouses in Little Niqiio. .Monday, doi*a not fear the s«e Lexisoii 0|H-r.i and Dramatic Company, lu Yid¬ lovers, us they have often shown, and the Lyric are nn-dium. Tlie attractions offi*red are excel¬ cicty for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children dish. The Y'Iddlsh, Italian and German which has been a decidedly exia-nslve luxury to them, lent. Olga Nethersole and .Ma.v Vokes broke and dis's not believe the sis'iety in this clt.v this house will hereafter present, marks a new who kept It Koluk, out of their love of the art. I the wei'k at the Star. 'ITie Rejuvenation of will take as much Interest in him as they did era In theatricals In our city. The opening week It beiiiK kcnerally known that the Lyric has Aunt .Mary, at the Teck, A Day Off, at the In New Y'ork. He gets his title as Master of be<'U anythiiik but a payiiik pro|)osltlon for Lyric; high-class vaudeville, at Shea’s; Bunco has proven all that Manager Polack could pos¬ Comedy. sibly expect. years. The Shuberts had offered to leasr- the Mn Arizona, at the Academy; Bon Tons, at the Earle Reynolds and Nellb- Donegan art* booked biilldine fur a term of years, with the prlvlleke (Jardeii. and The Ducklings, at the Lafayette. Our two burlesque houses continue to play to for Keith's next week. T1k‘ clever skaters are of buyiiiK at llkores that wiMild have been much . The attractions are good but the coin Is scarce. elegant business. The Gayety has a strong very iiopular with Boston playgwrs and .their bill, this week. In The Night Owls, with John more |irotltuhle than the price received. How¬ I 'Hie talk of new theatres Is still heard hut act has always made a big bit In this city, ever, had this deal b«“en made It would have nothing definite has taken place. The moving L. Sullivan as a feature attraction. The Acad¬ others to a|>|M-nr are Herr Grais, Ward awt meant that Ualtimure was to Is- withotit a home picture bous>‘8 are putting up some excellent emy has The Sam Devere Show, and also a Curran. Laurence Crane and ('ompany. Brown for musical orkaulzatlons and artists. With films and all are doing very well. Some new giMHl line of high-class artists In vaudeville and Nevarro. Alba, and Eva Tanguay. bills. the additional incentive of a rckular season of houses are being added to the canvas drama John Mason, in The Witching Ibsir, will lie The fire which promised to put the Camera¬ ftrind o|MTa in slkht, the owners did not require and the new film merger Is making some of gin a short engagement at the Majestic Thea much time to decide In favor of the Metropolitan them wonder where they will come In. Buf¬ phone out of business, caused only the loss of tre, February l.’i. a collide of films. The loss to the house was Com pa ny. falo has a isipulation of over 41.1.IHX) and with Tile great success of The Circus Girl, at the This was another gooil we<-k for the theatres only 8<>ven theatix-s the attendance should be¬ small, yet the burns that Mr. Shephard received Castle Si)uare, has revealed to Mr. Craig that will keep him from operating fur a few weeks. and blk business fell to the lot of all. Kyrie gin to show a better average. Boston playgoers want musical comedy. He has His Injuries are not of a serious nature, yet be Bellew. at the Acailemy of Music, attracted the Who woull ever think that Tom I.a*wls, who therefore secured The Runaway Girl, from Its is still at the Pittsburg Hospital. largest crowds that have attended this sea¬ has one of the best characters In the cast of owners, and will present a complete proluctlon son. The Yankee Prince, and who plays It with such Business continues gooil with the M. P. houses. at his theatre In the near future. P, Chauncey Olcott drew large hotises at Ford’s gks In vaude¬ be appreciated. Theatre fire In Chicago. Owing to the heroism Employes of the great establishment of Jon. ville. after which they will resume their star The FhiUdel|ihla Orchestra gave another of of the Bowman Brothers. La Belle Marie and Horne Co. gave a carnival at Exposition Rink, ring tour In a new play. They have ta-en part Its concerts during the week. Alwln Schroeder, the Misses Thompson and Monroe, the costumes in an effort to raise funds fur their annual ners for S.’i years. the noted ’cellist, assistetl in what was undoubt¬ and other effects werx> saved with only a loss outing. The affair was a great success. .\mong the attractions booked at Austin and edly the nnait pleasing concert yet given here of about one hundred and twenty-five dollars, Push ball has sprung Into very popular favor Stone’s for February are .Mile. Carrlno’s Bears, by this orchestra. Herr I’ohlig is to be com¬ which Included some stage effects of the Five since the respective teams have strengtheneil, Mme. I.a Blanche and the Royal ('Ingalese and the closeness of the cimtests are the means mended upon his work. Plroscoffis Family, and all the music of the TroiqH-. just over from a season In laindon. of drawing goml business to the Auditorium Kaii'ile Itl'Himtleld Zelsler has a large follow¬ company. EDWARD A. COADY. ing here. Her recital at the Peabody Institu- Mr. and Mrs. Bob .Manchester were wonderers Roller Rink at each contest. tlim was the occasion of an immense outpouring from Painesville. O.. the fore part of the week. Loris L. KAUFMAN. of admirers. They were guests of Manager Leonl. of The MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Manager Schanberger. of the Maryland, pre¬ Crackerjacks and looking over the company at sented, during the week, Julius Steger and the Harden Theatre. BOSTON, MASS. Company, Messle Wynn and Neill Burgess and When the Newark Hotel opi'ns up In February W. H. McEIfatrlck. of New York City Is Company. Others on the bill were the Jack It will show the effects and good taste In selec¬ busy iireparing the plans for the new Gayety Wilson Trio. Ashai Ja|ianese Troupe, Chalk tion of decorations, of Manager White, of the Little Nemo is the only new attraction to Theatre, which will be cr»‘Cted this spring at Saunders, Londc and Lilly, and moving pictures. Harden, who will look after the furnishings opi-n here. Monday, at any of the Iwst theatn's, the site of the obi Windsor Hotel, First Avenue Miss Anna Kva Fa.v continued to mystlf.v pa¬ and other particulars. and all the other bouses continue with last North and Washington, and It Is expectiit that trons of the Auditorium during the second week (•wing to the gn-at success of the contest of wis-k’s shows. Little Nemo Is liookeil for a bids will he asked for In the very near future. of her stay. Manager Kernan has again sur¬ Irish beauties, which Manager Laiighlin. of the five wei-ks’ run at the Colonial and comes direct Tlie barkers of this deal are the National rounded her with an excellent vaudeville com- Lyric Theatre, and the Evening Enejuirer, are from its New York and Philadelphia triumphs. Amusement Company of Milwaukee, Including pan.v which Included Ott, Nelson and Stedman; running, a contest of Herman beauties will At the other theatres, for the current week are Mr. Fred A. Landeck, and others, and Is an Clarence Sisters. I.ouise Auts-r and Maude Em¬ have a chance to send their photos. Follies of ItKlS, at the Tremont; Tlie Devil, at off-shoot of the ('idnmdian Amnsi'ment Com¬ ery. Conlin anil Steele. Patsy Doyle, the Jug¬ Manager W. W. Woodaiil. of The Boy Detec¬ the Hollis Street: Marcelle, at the Majestic; pany, popularly calliil the Eastern Wheel. gling Johns, and moving pictures. tive Cmnpany. who has la-en on the sick list, The Circus Girl, at the Castle Square: The New This theatre will cost aliout $2.V1.0(tO. Tlie Victoria jiresented an excellent bill which joined the company after a three weeks’ ab- Lady Bantock, at the Park: Forty-Five Minutes The first Club Night was given at the Famll.r was headed by the Countess Kohenberg. vocalist. s<-nce and reports business fair. The company From Broadway, at the Hlotie; The Bandit Theatre In East Mlnneaisdls last wts-k when a Manager bJarle’s star attraction at Luhln’s was goi'S from hern to Montrei-I and Boston. King, at the Grand Opx-ra House, and The Black party of fi nr hundred menila-rs of the St. An Mrs. Tom Thumb, who drew large audiences The Great Question, which had Its Initial try¬ Flag, at the Bowdoln Siiuiin'. McIntyre and thon.v Commerical (Tub and their families, during the week. Meltxlrama patrons found the out at the Star two s(*asons hack. In stock, Heath bead the bill at Keith’s, and at the attended the (M'rfomiance. In a body. The right thing In The Phnntom Ib-tectlve at as .a drama without a name, and made quite a (•rpheiim, S«‘verln Is the star attraction on the memliers of this East Side Club are jdanning to Blaney’s, which offered a thrill every minute. hit at the time, has been tried on the road new bill. At the burlesque houses are Miss give a series of Club Nights at the Family, Sheppard Camp. In Mr. Wise from Broadway, with Jessie Bonestelle as the star, without New York. Jr., at the C^dumbiii: Fads and Fol¬ during the balaiiek will oci-uixy stss-lal In Old Kentucky as the attraction. Melialrama is the team, and their date on the Empire will ful and will b<‘ followed by Tlie Talk of New iHMiths. erected at the corner of Sixth Street will then give way to continuous vaudeville and be fdayed In the near future when their man.v York, for two wis>ks at this house. and Nicollet Avenue, and will sidl the 'T. M. .4 moving pictures, at Blaney’s. friends will give them a welcome. Little Nemo opt-msl Monda.v night to a ca¬ tickets for the same. Miss Cllford will tn> R. B. Bull, a well-known business man. has The week at Shea’s was a gooil box office pacity house at the Colonial. Tlie show Is con¬ dressed In the Yania Yarns costume which she opened a cozy little moving picture place In loadstone and houses were crowded. Clara Belle sidered one of the biggest musical comedy pro¬ uses In the iireductlon. and .Miss Bowen will the shopping district which he has called The Jerome. In Tovland. made good. The Thri-e ductions that has ever pla.ved In this city. also hi' gaiiied approi>rlafely. Miss Cllffonl has Clown. All the Interior and exterior decora¬ Reynards In their aerial novelty, were great. In the cast are Josi-ph Cawthorn. Billie B. Van, til'd considerable expi'rlence In ticket selling, tions are In keeping with the name, and the Blllv Van was a big hit: (Jordon Eldrid and Harr.v Kelly and .Master Gabriel, four well- having sold tickets from a hay rack, for the place Is iroe of the most artistic picture parlors Company. In Won by a Leg. pleased: Rosina known comedians, who are making a hig hit ticnetlt hebl for Han Francisco eartlaiuake suf¬ In the city. Casselll and her niiilget wonilers, were excidlent; with their clever work. ferers. Mr. Harry Ford, of Ford’s Opera House paid .Tosiqdiine Davis, a new face here, was goisl; London .Music Hill policy was Inaiigiiratcil Louis Nethersole. the well-known theatrical his first visit of the season to the theatre dur¬ Cunningham and Marion. In an acrobatic talk- at the (Irphcuni. Monday, and will continue manager, siwnt a day In this city last week, ing the past week. Mr. Ford has undergone a fest. were clever: Irene Franklin and Ri-rt during the remainder of the season. There Is on his way from Sidney, Australlia. via Seattle, d<*cldedl.v s»‘vere Illness, having been conllneil Hrism. In her ’atest. Red Head, was a great an all-star bill of fourteen acts and. judging arranging siaiie siwclal business affairs for Mar to his home since last S<‘ptember. He Is the success. The picture.! closed. by the attendance Monday. It barks as If the garet Anglin. He passed most of the time youngest of the Four Ford Rrothers who guide The amateurs are getting In some gooil work new policy will be a big success. here with Wallace Munro, who Is In the city the destinies of the famous old theatn*. and he this winter :nd si-veral proiliictlons have been Ttie Iievll cba«‘s at the HolMs Street next coni|detlrg negotiations for tlu' coming of L'sils was kept decidedly busy during the week given bv the several dramatic clubs. At Holy Satiinlay night, and will la- followed by I.ove James to the Metropolitan Opera House. shaking hands with his many friemis who were Angels H ill. February S. The Private Secretary, Watches, for a short run. Pupils of the dri'Uiatlc ib'iiartment of the glad to s<.e him get back In business harness. bv the S» Patrick's Clidi. will be given bv a Tlie bl’l fra- the current week at the Old Minneapolis School of Music, Oratorr and Dm Miss Bessie Wynn, who was at the Maryland cast including some of the best amateur talent South Includes WlllanI ami Miller. I/onIs Beau¬ niatic Art presented Tennessee’s Pardner. at during the we«-k. will again enter musical com¬ in the city JOHN S. RICHARDSON. vais. Collins and Welsh. Clem Foster. Joy and the School Auditorium, Thursday evening. Jan pRUARY 6, 1909. Billboard
FROM In All Bis Cities POL I TAN = Aside from New TERS York and Chicago
trary to Conditions in Other CitieSy the High-Priced Attractions at Buffalo are Having Very Light Called The Gayety—Clement Weather Conduces to General Propitious Outlook for Philadelphia Season
uiry '.il Th«‘ production w«» well Htagcd anil BROOKLYN, N. Y. tiniatinc e'chc perfoniianees a week throuch PHILADELPHIA, PA, pria'liK'i'il. aiiil I lie eiiiliryo actor* anil actreaaea out the se.isoii. .Mr. I.awreiice. diirlac that pe aruiiiti'il tliiiiwlve* creilltalily. rnsl. earvisl ;;.J,-si turkeys. Another distinction r.rookl.vn 1> Well Miiuilieil with :itirai'tlon'< clear weather, without any serious storms Mr. T. I.. Trexler, well known to Mlnnea- claimed hy .Mr. I.awrenci- is that lie is the only tills week Mr- Kiske Is at tin ilr.tii.l iiis'ra poillans on account of hi* loiiK niunagenient week Mr- r i-ke Is at tin i.raiol iiis'ra actor wlio I laims i'.inarsie as his home. He -o far this wint.-r is lielpinc our manacers of the Vhrlsliue mil .Stock Conipany, at the I llouse; The Waltz Hreaiii at the M-iitauk; John has a tine home on Flatlands a\eiiue. .Mr. I.aw line their ti.s-kels for the suniim‘r .sc-.-ison of dullness, and tli.s -ea-on will he very iirolltable old l..vceiiui Theatre, and who aat Just flnlshed I Mason at Telh r's Itroadw ir: Anilri-w Maek at reiice l.s a slace leteran. who has played with ill this town. Iliisim-s Is In splendid slia|>e a tmir a- ui iiiapT of the Western Texas Com- the .MaJ*-* ic: llinrieita I'ro-iiian at the or Met'iilloiich. It.sdh and ilarrett and other fa- pan.i. I* In this city en route to S|H>kane, where Idieuiii: II .rrv I.auder at the Fulton. The hiir iii'.iis actor-. now. and we are throwinc our money away l>r|s ar here, and the -e.i-.in at the Monlaiik It lisiks as if the hard limes scare was over, Lottie Wiliams will apis-ar sisin at the BJihi so far has Is-en a verv -iic.-.ssful one. Klhel rile hurlesi|u,i houses are doinc well, the iiiehi- Ol«er» Hons.-. In Teiines-.s- Ttots. tuher hook- Barrymore In Ladv Fre.lerick aimeared here The twelity-tirst annual convention of South¬ dramatle hoii-c- .ire al-o niaki ic money, and lnc« at this house Include the Four Huntings, week of Felmiarc 1. western l.umlier Dealers, the week of 'Jli. hroucht e\er.v brain li of the aniiisemeiit Inislness Is The fowlM.y and the ,S,iuaw, and Lucky Jim, a ni('liaiin. iiin. evey til.tlli-otf ott In The U icce.l Uoldii, will I over four thousand lumher men and their frieinls I tiirlvinc at pre-ent. new Western idiy which 1* written by William seen for the llrst time in Frisiklyn at Tel to Kansas City, and they tisik quite a likinc January li.->J.'. we lad the jdeasiir.'pleasure of seelnc tj. Itis-kwlth and Joseph Santley. and In wulch |,.r'„ Itri.adway Theatre vseek of Feliriiarv 1. •<' our tine theatres, and many amusement re- three new plays in this city. (irace (leorce yimiic Santley will play the title role. .i’ ...... ’ - siu’ts.sorts, so much so that the (Irani!(Jrand Theatre was .ippeared at the tiarrick(iarrick Theatre in Wniiian'sWiuiiun's lliaieymisin Trail will be pr.-sentisl at the No doiihtdoubt the createstcreate-t novelty for [••‘'tnext season completelycompletidy Isaicht laitmit byhy the liimbernienlunihernienlumbermen the Way.Wav. and scored, and we cot our tlr-t view of MetrolH.litan (l|H-ra Hfaise, January 3. Lulu t <* o-iey Island will he the new \y\x orld of sport,hport. uijjhtnicht of,,f Thiir-day.Thnr-dav. Js, and no oneoim not a memlM-rnn'iiilM-r ViaVia" Wireless,Wiridess. and It pleased evenlsslvev.-rvlsslv UlcUli. (ilas.'r will ap|M-ar at this house February II s Invented by Ai.\i hille K.F. Biavati. of KreeiMirt.Fr.-eis>rt. of "rhe•"The rhe Hmis.-Hiais.-IDaise of Hoo-llisis”lloo-lbsis”Hoo-lliais” could Ret a seat l.iisluessbusiness resulleilresulted from the hit it liia.le'made' * to 13. and otlier notable attractions Include N- V. This amii-einent device Includes an oh i„in ji,,.the theatre that evenlnc. They did likewise .n ., ...... I/Oiils James. February 7; A (Jlrl at the Helm, servatlon wheel, a carousel, a chute, a scenic ,;ii;l ti„.the (npliemn.Oi-pheuin, Tiie-davTin-day nicht. I revions to ,,.. season of crand o|.era at the Bhiladelphlsl*hiladelphls February 4; Adelaide Thurston. February 14- railway of the tohoccan type, and severil other this convocation, the Hoo-Hisai headquarters llouse, coiitrolliNl by (Iscar Ilaiiinierstein. 17. 'Tim Murphy, February lb; Francis Wilson, devici's hereto strance even to Coney. Uoiichl.v. have been In some hotel, but for the twenty- '' ** "“J* *’'* uninterriiptedl.y until the niid- Fetiriiary J.">. and John fort's sin-ctacle of the the structure Is of two creat wheels, one oper tirst “concatenation” hie Convention Hall was *'• -Vprll. as all of the tlnaiicial taneb's have West, iticludinc Edward .Martindell slnglnc the atinc within the otiier. ami a cIoU. Inside the s«-cured. ami for live days and live nichts the . ‘“‘en unwound, and the business at the house famous Totem I’ole, February 31. second ami proj.-ctlnc on edhi’r side. Tin- IDs*IDs. Hisw made merry and it Is lH*lleved.believed, trans- I isIs trul.vtruly wonili'rfiil.wonilerfiil. Over(Iver $:!i>.iNNi$:iii.(MHi a week I*Is Baiil IlonaldsiHi. rememlK-red locally as long greater wheel is to be I'Jd feet liich. the innerliner acted some business therein. On WednesilayWvKlnesilay | ho"'i"’"' being p.iidpaid by our (leoiile|>eo|ile for the iqieratlc“iieratlc time treasurer of the Ferris and Stuart Stock wheel BXi feet In illamet.'r ami the cIoIm- so night th.. lumtM>rmen were entertained by an i pr.sluctions there, and frequently the house Is Companies, at the Lyceum. 1*Is now IvH-ated be- j f,.,.t across. Patrons of Tiie Worhl of S|>nrt »mateur minstrel show given by local talent, the 1 sold out and many hundreds turneil away. It hind the wicket of the MilesMile* Theatre. muvn,,,y enter,.nlrr the tots'ggan-shapedtots'ccan-shaped car ata one side best that Kansas City can boaat. There were | Is said that a su|q-lementary seaso i of ojiera Miss Bobby (iaylorliaylor has succeeded Irene .Stan-Stan- ofnf 'th,.the greater wheelwheel. The wheel wlwill pick up twcnty-tivet»< nt.v tive voices, swetsweet and strong, and the i will be given at this Inaiseloaise during the summer,summer. the tob..gg«ntoboggan amiand after three quarters revolution “*'■ 'The Dewey Theatre will have the following at- B will automatlcall.vl.gga^^U.le‘‘ release the car" at the *'|„"pij„rgeV and who did the staging' and o- Vn*^tM ** advertising ever traetlons In the order and date* named, the "'p* .“'nsv Diet ^ « ( , •I'*' lonnaging of this, was Mr. Phil McMahon, ’''*^'1.country came to light here shoot* about l.dno feet anuind an artificial well known assistant treasurer at the Dr- During a severe snow storm in season: Week of January 31. The Star Show j"''* siuclal thrill* Theatre, and .Mr. McMahon was given » ‘Tn * i iiT o Olrls; week of Febniarv 7. The Jolly Hlrl*' I 1““*'" arranged. The Inner whi'el Is de- vote of thanks for his elllclent services. I”* * certain locality that wi>rried the people, week of Februarv 14 The .\merlcans' week I ^iKned a* a hlgh -peed Imiiroveinent on the fer y|p .Mc.Mahon and his merry minstrel Isiys. ! claimei- that it was the devil blnl of February 'Jl. The Thoroughbreds: week of ‘ Wheel and carries twelve circular cages, repeated their pleasing performance at the big hli'h made tip* tracks, a huge bird w hich at Fidiniary 'Js. The Duekllngs- wis'k of March 7. I "eating sixteen persons each. The .‘lO-foot globe („.,|,.tit for the Italian sufferers, at the WIIIls- I least nfty people swore they saw. The new*- The Follies; week of March 14. The Bohemians; I form* the axis for the two wheels. ,Vt each siile Wood Theatre, afternoon of Fritlay. January I l>npers tisik the matter up ami named the bird week of .March 31, 'The Broadway Gayety Girl*; I I" " circular ot>enlng through which natron* will i",i, as an ‘•olio." and there duplicated their I or aniniul the Whr.t Is If' and claimeil that week of March 3S, Thi- 'Traveieiw'; wi'ek of'Aiuli I reach a stationary platform about (ti feet above success of the prevlmi* evening. In fact they it was a terrifying object, which would do harm 11. The Empires: week of April 1» The Bol- I Hie ground, on which a large carcsisel will were so good that Mr. Mc.Mahon and "the to everyone. The managers of the Dime .Mu- llckers: w.s-k of April 3.**. Sam T. Jack*, and I run. While the glotie and the outer wheel will boy*” are thinking some of keeping this talent seiiiii quickly lis>k the hint and with the a* week...... 1. of May 3.rt The Champagne Girl*. I be turning In a vertical t»lane.plane, the inner plat- always "on lap*tap" for Kansas City's entertain-entertaln- si-tancv* of J. Hope, the animal mati. pullt-d BDDKIHC .STE FLEURE. formn will turn horizontally, giving js-rson*is*rson» on ment and amusement. off a successful trh-k mi the public. Hoiq. tisvk It one of the strangest sensations possible. It Frida.v afternwo,afternoon, January 3ft.3!l. Kansas Clt.v a kuiigar*** and seweil wings to his shies. Then said. There will also be elevators to the U-!*.?'•'i'" over to one of our city parks, after SEATTLE. WASH. Is* center, and a "shoot the chutes.” the \\ lllls M issl. ever given rolvertlsing u reward of for the return of kI-v- V- »h,,iF •.•sseneers St the Were acts from every show In town, and they boat* for which take on their passengers at th. ^ ^ splen.lld bill of entertainment. The this strange creature, which hud es<'aped from Manager John Corf* protiuctim of the Alas¬ ground. hi- collection. The kangaroo was turned hsaio kan. elos«'d a very successful engagement, with r .1 1 - run .t th Csrilen Tlie Right of Way Company emtributed the fourth iiid recaptured aft.-r a short struggle. The Diri'ct from the long run at the G.arden The set bv s|s*clal con*.*nt of Klaw and Erlatiger a s|s-clal additbtnal performance. This com¬ stre. M vnhat'an. Henry Wvx tsavageSavage wi.will pres...pr.s. nt . . ■ The,- pa|s>rs t(sik the matter'7 'iqi I' an.iand tn.nthen it was a.Ia.I- pany after jdaylng engagement* In British tVv Henry E. Dlxey In M.iry Jane's Pa at the Grand liinibla. will (iris'eed East, chming the S(‘ason .lane s Pa at the Gran.l S.aithem Skl.*s from 'vnVbmL .o**'' ... Djs'ra House for a week'sk's engagement.engagemenL N'gln- shub.*rt. the pick of the Orpheum's bill. Vh *x ' ‘ ...11 A'.I. 1'!"'.' ^!‘l ■ flm» thpiitrtral pntprtainmpiit. The .MiT-*“***^ * - -
TliH IMicolo viAn the iipenlnK head- he«*n with pi>Mte part'* that (lemnn conllng to accounts In the n.-wsuam-rs of tie in I'nib-r Southt-rn SkI.-s played a week'* cn- Hell llnr op»»n»Nl for a week’s enpapement at ♦’^fdfnp o he owns a coiiag.-. places wh.-rc they ap|H-sr. They arc r.-sbl.-nt gag.-nu-nt at Ih.- Shulw-rt Theatre ami d(-Ilght(-d th4. M.iore Thoaire. January 21. Business at Atlantic City, N. J . ha- i all Its ol.l admln-rs. an.l many new ones who Harry b. l,eavttt was unanimously elected to of i.r<^^Kivn. no.iin iiiia.kt.in Troiiiw' "" -•••• -''al' *1! tn-en fair this winter, but new thi-usau.l- til- proshu.ner of the local T M A and wa* Ooldln UiHsi.m J r"” «. tllb-.l the theatre. .Mr.Mr. KarlEarl Stewart, ththe tr.-*»- pr.-'M-nted with a pidd vlsIUnp nird Vast Satur- ronsbfinp of fbe men and tive women. nn-r.un-r 1«Is still dealingdeallnp out the pasl.-bonrd*pasteboard In his >t>i''Sf* an- arriving to stay dur.iig th.- L.-nt.-n d:iv eventnp * a remarkable daneinp anil slnplni: s|MM*';)lt> at uiiiforninviinif.vrnillv court.-ouscourteous wavway at the Shiibert.Shiibert s(-asoii, an.l l-usln.ss will la- b g fn-m Hi - on Manager John W. Cunal.lln.- l.-ft f.w San Fran- th.- G..v.-fv Th.-.itr-. Is .a ‘••."""''.“'"V'"’ Th.-The Top O' Th’ M'orld'''.jr!.! n-turn.alr.-turn.-.l to Kansas •' niiml-.-r of n.-w pnalm tlons will b. ma.b- lure ••i'•'o, January 3(1, on a buslm-ss trip, accom- In Hu-tli.- Bu—Ian army, n inu-dini.-.l DnI.-I Mak in-nko.ir. nko. CItv tor the week of 34..4. but this time to the .lurl-g the Leul.-n s.-a-m..'hit . . . I-lilt-<1 bv his family who will *|s-n.l Ih.- bal- w ho s.-rv.-.l w ith a C—a. k n-gltiu-nt in Hu- war e.randGrand Th.-atre. wh.-n-when- the business of It* pre- \MlllamWilliam J. (.llmore,Gilmore, while *]-iidsisiid ng a -tu.rt-h.-rt ...... r ihe winter In S.sith.-rn ('allf..ri.la. with Japan, an.l who wa« at I’-rt Arthur durmg vio.is ,u.-c.;;ssful engagement was more thaii .In vacaHoc It. Hjls ‘ b-.k.sl afr.-r tlu- affairs LFM A SHOKTKIIMIE flu- uu-morable siege. H.- N a strapping big p||cat.-d Tlu- Grand was sold .sit the week be- of Hie Actors Fun.l. in vvhicli lu- wa- much LK.M A. SlIoillKIlM.r,. *1,,,,.., ,o call of arms wlu-n fure the show hit town By the urg.-nt n-qu-st Interested wliil.- In active bus in— hen TriRnWTrv rvixn- the conflict br-.k- ‘Sit. giving up his ,e.«!tlon as ,>f Kans.-s CByians eager to s.s- 'The Top O’ -Tl.’ A -u‘nm.-r seaasi of light op. ra is in cn TORONTO.TORONTO, ONT. 'j’ , eraiul o|).-ri orgaaizatl-ei. His Worbl. the management of the (.raiul cons.-ntpd tcmplation at the Grand Dper-i ID-ii-.- in this - wlf,- Wh^hasnas a voirevi-u-- of sol.-ndld...... quality and H'to gl'Pgive an t-xlraextra niaflm-.-. Tm-sdny. city.‘’‘t.V- The .\boruAboru (qs-raDjs-ra Company will play a riu- Itoyal .Mexanilra ha.l a n-d l.-fti-r attrac- If ,1., .Inueht.-r of a St I’ef.-rsburg The Orplu-um’s exc.-ll.-nt bill, week of 34. s.-aso-i of tin we.-ks th.-re. an.l will r.-msin IS III. Iinuk. .. p.,eked Hu- th.-atre. Ad.-line Dunlap. Frank M<-- u.nger If busli-e— Is profltable. Cormaek anil (’.'mpany head.-.l the hill In their Henr.v L.idlam, who has I.. starring In The ilraniatic sketchTTu- Night .T the Med.ling. Haven, b.v George C. H izb-ton. will givi- up the Oth.-rs on the bill wen- \\ 111 K-gers. the (Ikla- ^,,,1 ^ mimts-r of big Sli ik. -|s-.in-an homa Cowboy: Ma.v an.l Ho H.-iigU-r Lewi* and pr,ai,„.,i„ns D. tli:- citv and N. vv I rk th s .■.r....n: Tb-- ^vor Bother. Sue Smith. The .Vnu-rlcan (,lrl. and Th. 4 .sir ran . matic schisil In Hus city for a nni.iln r ■■( y-ar- Mr. Chrirb** <;rf»M'4m*n. the c«pablc head the niimc Ltiv \vh**ii •'t-irrini: Mr. n-^her of the Ori'bcnni for the p:i*f thn*c Uixleton. the author of The U»\en. will ha* .In'*! compleffwl two sketches which finne the tour of that pl.tv ami will pliv the he •nbmlttiMl to Manaper le'hmxn. who pro- him^t lf Mr H irlot. ri th.- an ..I them worthy. It Im i>4i«'«lble that the*c Mlstr.-sH N. ll. us. .1 bv H.-iiri. ita rr.n* will have a try out at the thoitre. Mr. Martin B.-. k Is expected J." I'-.'ir The Y M C A. Department of Hu- I’, nusyl n.-sr fufiin-. w^.-n he h"'-’ P-^He^^ an .... .t.-ur cinn- at their ambitious amateurs and listen to their plain- , . , , .. -S ” Th s (s fur the (Irph.imi Clreiilfs V .-k . Iff. writtfsi by Manager Thomas Henry, the .Sunila.vs an.l after iMIIy sehis.l hours. proiluelngprodueing department.department, *sas .Mr. B.-ck ha* sent . -l.u V'Ti * i ov.-r.IV.-r his big elrenlt some amal.-iiramati-iir act**ct* that Agricultural .\--is-lafi.-ti will le.I.l th.-lr siiiiual havesVve more thantLn ma.mm*.\e gooil.goo.1. ff '-i S-ptcml-r . to Seplcmlu-r lo. «n.l Eva I.sng. I.-adlng la.ly of the W.vodwanl | «I" '’ffc #:'**> in sm-clal piirs.-s and Stock Company, at the Auditorium Theatre. | priz.-s Tlu y r-m-rf that the r.-.-.-luls last I'k of- 24. had tho-• role- • of-- nparetfe.-- In»- f'nder " ..n- ov*-r ;ind that th.'y have a Two Flip*. Ml** Ie*np ha* b«M»n starred In thN I.Hl;»n<«’ l i th.- tr.’i^ur>.
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the arbitrator for aettlement. Thli course the meeting agri-ed to and there will therefore be a fresh arbitration to settle the entire ute. Hut meanwhile there Is an interestiug little London, England quarrel iirix-eediiig between the Variety Art¬ istes' Federation and the General Fialerallon of Berlin London Bureau of The BUlboArd, 179 Temple Chambers, E. C. Trade I'ldons to which they are atfillatial. It seems that the V. A. F. complainni that at a certain stage of the dispute the Trade I'lilon Drgaiilzation refused to have auytliing mure to do with Hie affair. The latter tliereii|Hju wrote, Diana Of Dobson’s, The Merry and Successful Comedy, asking for a wiihdrawal of the words used and The Artists’ Theatre at adding "that the result of Siind.iy's uiis-ting iimidy Justifies the Federation of Triide Inlons Revived by Lena Ashwell- A Hard Fight Being Put in its determination not to take sides in a Munich to have Festival quarrel between rival agencies, nor to sanction Up by The Artists, Federation and The Agents—Other a strike when a dis|nite was o|i|M>stMl to the Plays — Poor Dramatic wlshi-s and liilerests of the majority of tlie artistes.” The reply of the V. A. F. to this Professional Disagreements—Other News was that if tlii-y had nut lieeii niixisl up with Showing during 1908. the tr..de unloiis in the lust strike they could have got all they wauled In twenty-four hours. .Mr. G. It. Shaw's coniisl.v. Tin- .\dniiralde Among tli** n-vlval« with wliirli we have It Is dilficiilt to say which Is the mitre surprised Itashi ille, will lx- the next priMiuclIun of the The Tlieatre year IlNlK will hardly leave a Im’vu iuiiiulaleil (liirliiK the [i. Kt week uoiie .it the meellug but file conversation between .kfteriXM.ii Tlieatre at Ills Majesty's, the jx-r- [deusing meiiioiy: In fact, it will not leave haa le-eii iiiiire aiieeeaaful than Itlaiiu uf Iheiii is the most |H>werfid scene of the iib-ce. foriiiaiice taking idace on Tuesda.is, Jaiiiiary -ti any at all. Tlx-re was nothing wuitli while Duhaoii'a nhleh Miaa Lena Ashwell haa iitraiii ’.ri'lherton explains why he is there and iilll- . lid Fi-liruary 'J. Tliiirsilays, January k’.S and to reiiieiiilM-r in the Idstoiy of the draiiiatlc put uii at the KliiKsway. When, owlii); tu a inately declares that he has now proved himself Feliruary 4: and Frida.vs. January It) and Feb- woild. '1 he gnat crisis in Hu- dramatic liters breaknn In health Miss Ashwell had tu take worthy of her love. .She first refuses him but riiary .'i. The cast will be: Hue uf the world Is still on liaial. There are this pleee ulT last June. It was Just In the ultimately she consents to marry him. The talented [iiH-ts. but no real draiiiatisls. And Dilddle uf a i.ruspeiuna run. and every une aeeiiis pi. y ends with ltri‘tliertoii rushing to find the Lydia .Marie I.ohr eieu tile |da.\ s on the every-day stage are more itiad uf the u|i|iui tunity <»f seeltiK again une policeman and borrowing the mon-y which he t'iishi-1 .Ren Wel.ster or It ss of minor value. For instance, bow of the hrigntest and liest acted pieces tti-t has had declined before: they both make straight Mellish .la-niiox I'awle niiicli worse Hie French farce of today la In Lucian .Charles (JiiarteriiMliie been prislueed in I.undun fur suine years. The for the neighboiing coffee stall ami satisfy the coiuparisoii witli Hie one of twenty .veara ago. pangs of hunger. Rasliville .Henry Aiiiley Cast this year Is practieall.r the same ns Ih-- Hccupe toi d'.Vnicllel and .Madam lloulvard— The play is magnificently acted from begin Lord Worlliington .Coiirtciiiiy Fisde fore Btid la as fulluws: wliat .-I dllTereiice In the conqiosltion. nil g to en I and in its mingled humor ami pathos Cetewi yo .James Hearn Willie Hiere Is no cause for the literary dra Miss Snilthers ..Nannie Uennett siiiqdy carried the audience away. The dornii- I’aridise .Edward Sass tiiatic world to hxik bai k on the year liai,N with Miss Kitty Itrant ..Mary Uartun l.iry scene at Grinla.v's. where the young l*ollcenian .Halllwell Hol-lies any satisfaction, the last vear has seen one Miss Jay ....Muriel Vox ladles are shown getting rid of their falsi- hair Adelaldi .Kosiiia Filliqd Misa Murtuu .Doris l.yttun and figure pads was played with great verve event in stage art, however, which will lie Miss Diana Massingberd .I.ena Ashwell and rertects the very greatest credit on the Tilda's New Hat. by .Mr. George Daston. will lo ig 1 e-ueiiiln-red. viz.: the opening of the Ar Miss Dringle .Ada I'llnier stage management. As before. Miss Lena .\sh- follow The Admirable Rasliville on each of Hie lists' Tlieatre ill .Mnniili. Walter .\V. L. VVarde well is quite jierfect us Di na and 1 think C. days naiiiisl. tlie c..st ciMiiprlslng .Miss Agues Tlie cx|ieriuienl of slmiiliflcation of stage Mrs, White Kr..ser .Gertrude Scutt M. Hu'.lard has iinproviHl in his rendering of Tlionias. .Miss Floreiici- Llo.id, Miss Sydney Falr- apli.ir.i'Us in connection with highest perfection Sir Jals-z Grlnlay .Dennis Kadie ISretlierton. Norman McKinuel. as the |Hilice- brother and Mr. Iieiiis Kadie. in arlistlc arraiigeiiieiit of the stage scenerv Capt. the lion. Victor Ilretherton. tnan. has not a great deal to do, liut Ids work There was a disixwllinn hen- and there to vv;is :. prononncisl siiciess. What a hapji.v .C. .M. Ilallard is up to his usual liigb standard. Taken al- doulit the seriousness of .Miss Maud Alleu's ac¬ thought, not to paint the backgrixind scenery Old Woman .Iteryl .Mercer together the |day ought to draw crowded houses cident. but It was pretty bad: and the danger, on till- canvas, but to have |t paliilisl by ar Dullce Constable Fellows.Norman .McKiunel for tile next six niontlis. ill such a case, of straining a limb, not coiii- tists on small glass [dates and the.i tlirow the This has been a week of stir and excitement liletely restored. Is obvious. Miss .\llen Is now- picture on the canvas by means of a magnify Although a merry little comedy this piece Is in regard to the dispute between the Variety in Switzerland, but Iioih-s to return to Hie mg uiqiaratus. Tin- most beautiful elTecta were one of those which also points a moral. The Artistes' Federation and the Agents. Last Fri¬ Palace in a wi-ek or two. now Meanwhile, an a< liii-vi-il, for inslatxe. In the scenery of Goe plot turns on the fact that the heroine. Diana day. mass mis-tings In connection with the Fed- insurance comp,.ny has hanilsoniely comix-usated the s I'aiist and Shakes|H-are's As Vmi Like It. Masshigberd (Miss lana Ashwell) while being eiatli n were lield all over the country at wlilch the Palace proprietary, if it could not console .Vcconilng to arr.ingements there will be a cy the Pali.ee audiences. tyrannized over and sweated to death in the resolutions were passed em|s>W'ering the exei-u- clus el festival [da.v s at the Kiienatler Thea¬ tlve cotntiiittee to take steps, however drastic, A recent letter from Miss Ruth St. IH-nis dra|H-ry department cf Grlnlay and Coy, hapiHuis tre (.krtisls' Theatre 1 during the year to compel the music ball managers to with¬ conveyed the disconcerting news, from the Lon¬ to ctaue Into a legacy of l.."IK) pounds. She lin- .11x1 us dircclor -if llu-se [days. Mux Reinhanit. draw tile siipiKirt that the Federation alleged doners' iKint of view, that when she has com¬ mevllately makes up her mind to leave at once of tile Iti-rlin Di-iitsclics Theatre, has tiei-n se for us long as the money lasts, have a tlrst- they hail been giving to the agents. pleted the Continental eiigagements, which are Detwei-u then and Sunday, however, negotia¬ now pleasantly oci-upying her. she will tour lecti-il, and so far as t'.i- re|iertoire is con class time. She accordingly goes to Switzer¬ cerned, [days of Shakea[ieare, l.essi-ig, Si'blller land, puts up at the la'st hotels and fur two or tions had been going on la-tween the parties to .Vnierica. I ondoii cannot be said to have treat¬ and l■lH-the will be Hie leaders. There la no three weeks has a right royal holiday. Inci¬ the dispute, lint they broke down over the ed this rare and beautiful artiste very kindly, I'oubt but Hiht .Munich has seciireil a great at dentally she meets at the hotel .Mrs. White iiuestb.ns of artistes acting as agents, and an and must, therefore, regard her desertion as Fraser, who. Judging from the way she Is open rupture sis-nied inevitable. liut Sunday's Just. tracH'-'v for the»e festival [ilaya, which will i.egin i-n Jn le Is. throwing money about takes Diana fur a million¬ meeting brought along a sensation. At the We sei-m to lx- progressing In our apprecia¬ airess. And as Mr.-i. Fraser has an Impecuidous outset, Mr. Joe O'Gurman. the chairman, an¬ tion of the mimic and dancer. Mr. Alfml Agues Soriiia. the eminent German actreaa. relative on her hands, at the moment, in the nounced that there was no doubt but that he Mold his Ix-en encoiiragtsl to exploit Ix-onora in who owing to the sickness of her son had can¬ shaiH' of Cai(t. the lion. Victor Hretherton. she IH-rsonally was the bone of Contention la-cause an ingenious and pretty playlet at the Alhambra. celled quite a niiiiilx-r of starring eugagements Immediately conies to the conclusion that he he was the initiator of the agency for music He calls It La Petite Kidicinienne. The first during tile List vear. will fill her engagements ought tu marry Diana. hall engagements on equitable terms and rather scene Is reminiscent of La Cigale. A plctures- duri.ig this winter. Madame Soriiia aiqieared lor the time being, the course of true love than iirecipitate a strike he would stand out of runs smooth In that Kretherton quickly falls the way, and let the entire matter go before iContimiiKl on |>age 48.) tCoiitliiiiisI on page 44.) In love with Diana and she is eqnally pleasml with him. Matters go on until the day comes when Diana has Just about sutticlent money left Sibil- the big JiKirnals are on the streets with to pay the hotel bill, and on this day Itrether- lialf-to le i-iigravlngs and dlscrl[itlons columns ton proiKises to her. long. In the past they have Ix-en alone in the It takes her a very little .while to find out Paris Week By Week field. that fond as he Is of her It Is hi-r money which Not so now. It will tx- less so In the fu Is the chief attraction. And Just as quickly Paris Bureau The Billboard, 121 Bue Montmartre, ture. Tile man with the moving idctiire cam she makes up her mind how to deal with him. era has Ix-en Into the dark corners of the world She tells him her history and the story of the and Into the liglit [daces, too, and It would be last month and when he tinmeiliately com¬ dilficiilt for anything to ha[i[ien In a land which mences to back out of his pru|iosal she fiours has Jet to "sit for Its [dctiire” before one of scorn on him and derides him as a waster who has never did a day's work In his life and. P?ris Sees The Lyric Drama, Monna Vanna, Maeterlinck thi-se niachim-s. .\nd lo see moving [dctiires to¬ what is more, absolutely incapable of making day. for Instance, of Messpia. where more than enough by his own exertions to keep him from and Fevrier’s New Work—Henry W. Savage Reported liNi.iaai lives were crushiKl nut h.v an earth¬ starvation. quake. makes one fix-1 tliat he has visiteil the The last act shows us Rretherton on the terp-r filb-il section. How much belter these Thames Embankment at night—an outcast to Have Purchased La Femme X for American Pro¬ motion [detures are tlian the far from satis among outcasts, trying to get a little sleep In factory half tones of the dally newspapers. the intervals while the policeman on the beat is duction in English - Other News ♦ not near, lie has taken Dlan.i's advice to heart anne -aIII employ him. rler. Some say It Is gooil. some bad. which Is In her heart six- k lows that lier love for her and br.iins and slil[is and trains could take He falls Into conversation with the police¬ the way of all stage pieces, tliougli truth to liiisbanil Is gone, that she loves the noble liiiii. to Hu- scene of tpailde. He was one of ► man on duty who turns e of a woman, turns up and in the to be decided. And then, also, the question of the cast: niglit or day. He was busier than a s|ieck of dim light Hretherton discovers it Is Diana. who stands first In the legal eye, the writer of chalT trying to keen Itself right sl,|e u[i in a the IxMik or the conqioser of the music, will lie Mon-ia Vanna . Mile. L. Rreval cyclone. decided for all time in France. I’ut in the Prlnzlvalle . .M. .Miiratore The result of all this energy was. that Ix-fore MARIE LOHR. inenntinie. Mo ina Vanna will continue being Msrio Colomia . M. Delnias the Paris [ia[x-rs. the hustling, much talked of lieard at tlie o;a-ra. Guido Colonna . M. Marcoux .Maeterlinck did not attend tlie first perform Trlvul-zlo . .M. Cerdaii I (Continued on [lage 48.) ance. He was liasklng in the warmth of his Vedio . M. Nansen fireside at Grasse when tlie audience demonstrat- Torello . M. Triadoii I'd in favor of ids lines. One would have Rorso . .M, Gonguet NILLE. GALLY, thought lie not only had no Interest 11 the do¬ Clilef of Orchestra, M. Paul Vidal. ings of the pi<-ce. but even of the stage, but 4* the I he had tried to stiqi tlie premiere until tlie <-ase in court liad been ndju.licated, and fall¬ S-mie weeks ago I told In some slight detail ing. was iiaturilly a Idt mllfed. One can of Hie play. La I'eninie X.. now Ix-ltig played at scarcely Idame lilm. It's only hninan and nat¬ tlx- Tlieatre Port Saint Martin, with Mme. Jane ural for a fellow to want to have some say-so Haddlng I i Hie title role. Henry Savage has on wliere Ids literary children sliall go, what piin-liased tliat play, so it Is stated, and It will they sli.ill do. and that sort of thing. lx- at once put into Fngllsh form for the Amer¬ Tile .itor.v follows quite closely the tXKik from ican stage. It has several powerful scenes. whicli .Macterlimk ref.ishio led the driiiia. Disc Is iM-Ing besieged by the ndgiity I’rinzlvalle, and * the only tiling which can save tile city is to de¬ I'm beginning to think that the dally news¬ liver to lids warrior. .Monna Va-ina. wife of papers liad better bxik out else their re|iulatlon tiuldo ('olonna. She is to come to lilm. nude for Ix-lng .loliniiy-on the sixit with tlie news ten s-i\e for an laiter cloak, and remain In h s tent minutes after It li'i|i|ietis will Ik- going to other all niglit. The dispute Is settled by .Monna and more eiiteriirisiiig concerns—the moving pic¬ Vanti'i lierself. wlio dia-lares tliat to save I’ise ture folks, for instance. slie will do his Iddding. In tlie tent of Drinzl- Now, tills Isn't siicli a Joke as you might valle she is asked If slie dix-s not reinemix-r think. Tile news of the Italian eartliqiiake dis Idm. He tells her that he Is her old pla.ifel'ow aster had scarcely broiiglit Paris to its feet of childish da.vs, that he had loved her. though Willi astonlxlinieiit. awe and sympathetic dis¬ Guhio had won. And now. after wi inlng power may. before all along the txailevards i-ards were and fame atid glorv onlv that lie might h ivi out in front of tlie cl lematograidi placiai, an lids moment, lie could not take advantage of It. noiinclng pictures of Sicily, Calabria. .Messina, She miglit return to I’Ise u iharmed. and. fur Reggio and oilier [daces devastated by the aw¬ therniore. supplies and stori-s intended for his ful force of nature. own arni.v he directed taken to tlx- Ix-s eged .\s an old n 'W>|ia|H-r man. I call that a gixxl town. Tills betra.val brings a storm of writli stunt. Tliese [ilcliire folk did a big business iqion his head, his followers dem-inding ids life. and I am not aslianied to say tliat I nald full Monna Vanna believes Ids generous act toward .idniisslon [irlce Into two little theatres In or Iter will win him a welcome in Disc, and tlie der to get a gllni|ise of tlie country so torn and two tly together. shattered by tlie quake. Wlien a city Is burned Scene 3 is in Guido's. He thinks hia wife or a Country is visited by war; when a tidal ■ind Drinrlvalle Ivlng wlie-i lie hears their stor.v. wave sweejis a natloi's coast, or a tornado lid deixMinees .Monna Vanni. Then site does swee|Hi tlxaisands of lives I'lto eternity, the Miss Marie I.ohr Is a young actress who was lie. Shs declares she did ylebl. but It was onl.i dally news|ia|x-rs are quick to recognize the de unknown a .vear or two ago. Now she Is one of to get l-rinzivalle in their uower so they could sire on tlie [lart of tlie [iiiblic to see pictures the most-sought-after leading ladies In London. sla.v him, and at this ixiint he is thrown in a from the nflllcted district. As siain as pos- FEBRUARY 6, 1909. Ttic Biilt>oard
martin beck in SEATTLE. MUCH HERALDED FITCH PLAY, COMMISSION Martin Mt'ck. head of the Orpheiini Circuit. ■iciimi|iiiiie'l by liia private aecretary. Mark 1 iK'iMlnr. and l*at Caaey. were In Seattle. Wash., last week, i.tapeetlni; the Itrpheiini THE HAPPY MARRIAGE, OPENS piopertlea there. Ksp-vlal Intereat la centered In .Mr. Iteek'a For Pennsylvania State Fair viait to Seattle, because of bis Interest In the , — . a.iiii-enieiit phas, s of the Alaska Yukon Pacllle - lifnre p/wm A or F-'l'"‘Itiou and of the possibility thit he may Ohio Motion Picture Exhibitorsmors formForm Association S: Subject of bui in Legislature it.irdi IK Hie aniiiseiiienls at tile fair, but as yet I mm 1 I ■■ . "" statement lias iM-eii made public what was _ArtflT TCillPfl hv ElcCtriC ) be Made thp Homp nf a ' "" "•* ... Attor i\.uicu uy r.icLiriL Park Theatre, Philadelphia, toJ beUC MadeiTlaUC thelUC HomenUmc ofor a T«o cvposalou features are being considereil • wt 4, CLa* I • .11 ’***’'‘' ’‘■•“Hid he decide to enter the SuOCK-OtnCr WCWS e Actor OOOt in Louisville r-nnisemeiit Held next suiiiiiier. The Stock Company --Vaudeville Actoramvi.vi 4/11Shot vt. lUin AaUUlSVlllCLouisville hr-, of these Is the bnlldlnK of a hiiKe aiidtto- •_ i 1 /'L* U •"*'* •**'■ -‘cinrlnK of Damroseh's Orchestra 111 • —Eisenbarth Sells Floating Theatre1 nealre to ChicagoLnicaso Man.Irian. exposIHoii seasoi; the setoml Is to re O priNliiee the featim* of the New York Hl|s> ______drome. eris'tiiiK an enornnms staKe eapalde of
"m. shortly after 2:.ll> o’clock, and fired at iH lwcen Mr. I.ei k and pm-n charKc of the proposed Pennsylvania SI .N V. 'I'he Happy Marrlace, a comedy by 11 four t ines. Three of the shot* took effec t, . . ■''w 1. » .1"*. IIo’* ****’* *’**. "'I'*’‘*'U1 Fairi.-nir h.p s„ beenpeeii prepared for anliiiilssi n to the Clyde Pitch. twoo III Ills l-K and the other in hishla rlirlitrlcht bin.hip! *re rerunerun of the talk' was not made piddle.piildie. I.eKislaInre this week, and while the draftdr Till- CAST- I’.rown tied, blit was intenepted at Fourth av- -— . diM-s not provide a plaee. llarrisInirK seems to li« „ , .. e.iiie e. id Walnut stn-et by patrulineu. uuses A r> stroiiKly favored. Iweaiise of Its central posl- Joan Tliern’ou .*J1,*!,* ^****'^ .\eeonIiny to nienila-rs of tbe eompany, rlrAUHAD TOI VJ CANCEL DATES. tion. Fredeilek Tliorliton ...... r.dwln Arlen |(ri »ii bail le-en iflven nollee of discbarae iij - Last season an eltort was incde to pass a Cb.irl.'s Thornton .Raymond II«cl‘e't v||.„ |,ij,k_ eieiiieua f.a- • kii.Mk Miss BillieHUIle BurkeBurk was obliged to cancel her K' neral fair bill, as well as on prevlims occa- Paul Mi.'iie .trie Alaturln - ,,i,„ when seen at the Jail, Brown K.genieutSenieut at Parson’sI' Theatre, Hartford, slims, but owTiik to the fact that funds were not jy P <-ranKer .. Frank t.h-^n ..laliued that Clemens bad taunte.1 him wit.i V.'!""’;inn.. JanuaryJ"""*''.'' ‘J>;«» on account of illness, in siKbt. the matter was drop|H-d. The pres..nt “f’. .‘‘“f >•»•* •> dlseharK.-.!. and also with his MissIss Bnrke cut her hand while idavlnKplaying In .NorthNorth- Idlli'lll was framed IhroiiKh the Interest of ex Itep AnnI.Annie _...... May..May inmanmItonahiie .ris.|Msnative ilve ntiiriir. turn to the ranks of tbethe "suims-suiK.a.- ” "'"I'roii.‘"atiiptmi.■il"™'- .xtass...Mass.,-'I***-, a fewtew daysnays before,nerore. amiand tiPHsttiliHsl I riresentali s, u.»ii,e . C. .Norton who Is president of Max lie's Valet .C. A. Chandos Cleun IIS was removtsi to tbe cllv bos dtal I'ol-oniiig set In. csiislng the hand and arm to the Pennsylvania State Live StiK-k ltr«s.ders The Thoriitims' Butler .Dudley Dlgsea slo re Ids iondlHori. rel^rte!r serious ' l>'•.vslcb.I. insisted u,k.„ her c.ueel Assisl.ilio.,. and ... earnest advocate of a .late loK all her d.iles for at least a week. Tliev have los-n married five yeara, Joan The draft provides for the creation of a State Thoriiiiai and her husband. I.lke many another LATE NEW YORK NOTES. Fair Cl nimissioii and carries sn aiipropriallon Oiarrltsl rmiple they have drifteil apart, he be- WATSON’S BIG BUSINESS CON- of fTJ.’i.iNHi. of which I'.’.si.isa) Is to be used colli:nK ali-ortM-d by business cares, and she by TINUES. for tiiirclmse of sidti.lili- centrsll.v Us’sled beii-ehniil diitbst and the exacting demand! of Itiimors of a new theatre at l.Td and 6th av- i grounds and their is-rmanent eipilpnient. An ,sr-.Hial adoriniienl. Of course this slate of ''eanl In New York. addition il ii, proiirlatiou of $_’.'i.lt. Iionses the entire wa sis-retary of agriculture. Hie superintendent of of the slimy elements with which authors-s are The idd Manlisttan Theatre will bi‘ tom down In of January 'Si at tbe Empire, liidianaiHilis. Tlie piitdie liislriietlon. and other members to be a|e Si.M- o.iiImt Ihi-lr (days. In s«>arcb ofif the two wieks. . .Miners’Miners’ ConveiiHoiiConveidloii was held Inin Hint city during t.v the Hovernor, frmn various Peiiusyl sensational. Res..nllnK the assault np.m Oscar Hammersteln Watson’sMatson’s engaKeiiient,engaKeiiient. and this, of emirs*-,cours*-. help vsula fair s- ^1..- Board Is to ..I animal'v lo Ha—l-hnri tbai a fitting and elaboratelaborale setting, snd the I Ph-s, the Theatrical Managers’ Assoclstlon. af- , I*- wen- in the F.nipire. the limise iM-lng crowd- | fl^st M’ednesday rfter the first Monday brilliant lines which Mr. KItcb baa sup|ili*ol. t»*r h*’jirliijc til*' ri*|M»rt '^f ItK H|MM-ial i’oriiiiiitt< 1 mIiu'M t«» In January, and a state fair Is to lie held an- cmipled with a liealthy phllnMi(iblcal study ero- niiallv at sueh time and piece as the board tHsIbd III the play, made tbe same acceptable may 'select. The fair Is to b.- enHrely under to the l.irge audience which wllui-sseU Its first MISS MABEL HACKNEY. the' control and direction of the board. apis'sraiice on any stage. .4n Imiiortant provision of the bill Is thst ibirls Keane, who playeil tbe leading rule, ”whoex-*-r shall k**ep an.v shop. lio*>th. tent, wa- at her Is-st anil priNliice*! a lasting Impres- wsgoiis. vess.-ls. boat or other place for H»« slmi. Edwin .\nlen. her foil, made* an Ideal sale of Intoxicating ll-|iiors foriiieil ami a c*m>nilttet‘ was ap Milts, met a sudilen death af Liiverne. Minn., laniiarv 21. bv coming In contact with s live l«.lnost to frime bylaws. The o'tleers are H. wire. Mr. Bi b‘rson was th*- Isst lo leave the E. S.iilih pr. •Ii’ent; A. .V. HottshvII. »e,-re H-Ie Thestre. where the conip-ny was plaving tarv. tmtii of Toledo; Ei*-*'uHve Comm’ttei-— thit eeeninc. snd being alone the clrciimstances Carl K. Miller. Kr.'uont, H.; Jiilss Bremgart- c mot Is- known, but It Is siip,io.**-d Hiat he ner. S.niiiskv. o,: w It Tleirp. .kdriaii. Ml-h : nlacist Ills hands on a guy wlr-. chargeil with H I). .stile'ds. Forest, and Uiiis-rt Holland, electrleltv. the shis-lt ts-lng aiifltcl*-iit to cause ttieriiei. Of tlicatn- owners, the following Imiui-dl-te death. . .. . t Hill' .ind .Mbhlgai ellles wen- repr»‘sentiHt Mr. Ilob'iisoo was horn in IS.s.n amt. had he .ki'rUii. .\n 1 .\rtMi-. Dun'lee, Deiriet and Sic llTe-l would have rearhe. business ri-lations w-lth tliat pain-r. r.-is.r-s a iiio-t satisfactory season's cngag.-m.-iit. .p,.. frlen-'s in merhe ee-fesslon.ee-fe The burial was Ar .nc**i»n»*'fat II irr> I’r-sident Itiiridism was In-lriiclisl lo no-lfy .1 I’. .MiMer. of the Milli-r Brothers, is hard mad.- at Salt f.ake City. \Vt )»«trar I'lll a «to<*k rompiMi' the l’r-'« of lids action, snd to Inform Hie i-ilitor It work at Bliss, itkla.. arranging and rehears _ In fh«* I'^rk T’lritri*. I'hllNilfOithU. •*»! Hiat he eoiild iiiis-t the eomnilltee on Siliirdav snd turth.-r discuss the sltiiall n If he cared to i„k w.ver;;l n.-w amt novel acts for the show s Th«* iSrk Thrafr*' ha» b*'#*n !»l^.v* ,,, which he thinks will j-r-ate a sensation. He WALTER AESCHBACK TAKES LIFE In;: <'‘.nltln •♦Innt timlfr th*« nMnair**ni»*nt of Fr**«I Tlie .alitor of the Press replied that he ha.l ,iys the ar.-n i st.s-k will 1»- the greatest ever 0 M\n»i N|r«in *r»T. an I lh»* laM>k!n>r« ha'** no explanation to ntske. snd illd not care to dls- ...s-n with a real Wild kVt-st show, as this Is PARTNER. Kliw A KrIanciT an*! Stair A eii-s the matter In any way. |..sltl*elv a city show- and full of novelties, he lli'lln Mr \V.*l*»t»*r. who wa« f«>rm«‘rl.v «faK** has no .i.mlil that it will cn-ate a furore wh.-r of tho (Intlionm IMa'rm at tho CIm***! ei*-r it sj'Ii.-ars. w-lter .kesehb'Ck. th- po,.ular treasurer of nn* Th«*.iirr. rhll-iiloliihla. h»* Tin- ol11(-<-s of Hie 101 Ranch wild W.-st. ar. m- Empire I'afers n. N. J . s,.rnng a big sur- I'Miifi'!,;* to Of »‘n a atiH'k lion««» In Phllaih'l- SELLS FLOATING THEATRE. | 'ocali-il■ocat.-d Inin Hu-III.- Knlcki-rlin<-k.-rIxnirKeriHS-lo-r Th.-alre.ii.-nir.- Bul’.llng..o nrlseris.- onoil hisIlls friends wh"nr . . :It was. snn.Mine.slI .I . l..n I*!;’» iM r '• n o h#* a»*v«T»*iiipiiii nfiiifc actors who are f-ivorit ami will greatly r.ai.-corr.ab-contc and elnuigi- ami Hn- lurpn-sm- .\nitis.-nu-nt ainl Klim ■I I’ll lad.'I,>bla. an-l will put on high .la lio-its 1-v tl.i- oiM-n!ngng .Lated-ale. wlileli Excliiing.-. .luring the past wi-.-k. giv.-s Pitls- liiirg. In a.IdlHon to tin- l*ltlsliurg Caleliiin I l-ghl HACKETT TO PRODUCE vrntiin* I*M)k*« •' I will ts- il.eiit A!«r I t. JAMES K. ''I'Ml.l Im- m winner. Thi* rnnovnl of th.* I*irk It has l.-a-I commoidy ipiot.al Hi-ilth-il Hu- E sen -I'll Film Ext-haiige. two .if Hic largiait dlstrltui lire was till '••'* ciMiiitry. Pitlsliiirg has. Iiowever. NEW PLAY. irtiii-> n. HI),I Kor«*|iiiiich*M Thf itn*** '.-irtti lleiid.-rsoti Elo.-iting Tlieilre was tin ’ 1' kl’i.l exe" otli-Ts Ih t need b-- reconial with, as Tayl.ir. of •*ni tjo •-omMii )tion htMt^rft pitiyinir iu**1»»«lri gl. alest tliia-icl.il ciiti-r; rise i f P' kl'i-l ei. r ..0....--I. oil., tin- Peiiisylvania Film Exchrnge. Is wide awake Tin- Son of Hie S<-uHi I' the title of a ni-tv itni \\i I irln* till* four oth«*r thoitn»»i ..I-erat-d. i.ml Caid. E E. Eiseubar;h. win- ’i.'*.. Ill M OV re I”''' " hiisHer aiid tills also lio’ds giMsl of th- pl-iy "bv C. T. |x -r--v. wli'eli .T iiiu-s K llackelt M* srto.,. Rftnirflonn n rlirue ■|-.s alw -'s t„.en Hie -ole owner, will now r.- I.. .k'liu- and PIttsloirg Kxe'isngi-s. wlHi J. Fr.ink - I'l pr.stue.. It Hn- Boi al .\!e\.-iiiil--a Tli- itre. *> 'lo !tt|w ni.w«. nag ^.j|j ^ innt*h lire, aft'.-i- lw.-iit.\ two i-oitlmi.'i's y.-ars in ii.'iis y' Hatch as Hu- iniwcr licbind the throne. Toronto .-arlv this month. Tin- author, who Is •r iliii* of ttnriK'tioiiii. ItOH \Y.\Tr. i iirious a-iius.‘;ui Ml lilies. Px s.-l!liig li.s lio.it It i.r.-s-nt travelii-g with the Ilackett Company, ■ ig Hu-alr.- be III' ui no xx '.x agri-.-.l to reuii :i la condilcHiig the rehears,-Is. ■ lilt of tin- IiU''m.--s. .ui’v s«-liliig. ami agreeing HOLD ANNUAL MEETING. ACTOR SHOT AT LOUISVILLE, KY. not to use Hu- title Hu- iMxat noxx has. REPORTS BUSINESS GOOD. .h''.1''-oulavllle, Ky.. stales Hiat .\f the anneal mia-ting of the Ontario Coun'y 111 . Vi' 'a’^ore his Him- to go oi the slag.- at .Vgrlciillnral Socletv. at Canan.t Igua. N. Y.. HAYES HARTSOCK—NOTICE. M'lisger Frank W Nason. manag<-r of The im'L -kuil.r-oti Tlu-alrc. Sunday aft.-nuMui ns-.-uHv. the following nam.-.l |s-rs.ms w.-ia- diilv ,.|<-<-ti-.l officers . Win. H. Warfi.-ld. Canan.t-Igua: wi'i'ii. iV "U'- was sliol Hire.- times t.i \iit*os|iis .loin *' ikt*..”," In-iis--. Inc'tt.-ntall.v. Mr. Nss.>n stste-v I rowii. aiioili.-r iiit-nil.er of Hu- conuia n W IH. Cbss. Massl../tb-ueral '• I'-yn; lirl--;'J >:;;V HmwITe ih«» l-uslm-ss la Improving wonderfully In that .Miens. I, «|«,,al. was seal.al In front .-f iioHier Is III and wants I., hear from set for S.-pt.-mb.-r 2K 2.1. terrlt'xry. mirror wben Brown enti-n-d Hu- dress'iig 14 X 1^ e Billboard FEBRUARY 6, 1909.
a winner. Knsliing home to tell mother of his of General^ ltolH‘rt E. I.ee to tieiieral giMsl f-T'uue. he finds Gran then demanding liii-.irant. .After ■Ihe'...' surrender “ rloU'* army, dellwred at RIehniond: pa.\ s Grab, throws him out of the house and "The war is ended, let reeonslruellon begin," tiars up tile mortgage. This scene has been faithfully |H>sed from the FILM NEWS (diolograldis of the (M-rbsl. and IniriMiuces Gi-u erils Grant. Logan and Sheridan of the army SELIO. of ’t's'i, also sereral lueiiibers of l.lui-oliTs fuiiuaia STIRRING DAYS IN GLD VIRGINIA.—A war cabinet, ami the great enianeltiator, Abra (ilcture story re|ileie with the grim realities ham I.iucolu, America’s Martyred President. Owners of Motion Picture Theatres Hold Interesting Meet¬ Ilf war. ttiir scenes occur at or near the \V ir- ren homestead, a few miles from Pelersbiiig, + ing in Chicago at which Plans are Formulated for Va. Time. March and .\|iril. IStlo. The strug EDISON. gle for the maintenance of the Union nas gone ORIGIN OF BEETHOVEN’S .MOONLIGHT on for four years, and .America is still in the SONATA.—Beethov*-u Is ii(ually reiiiaikable for Organizing in Opposition to The Motion Picture Patents tliriM-s of Civil War. .wo qualities, ehspience of ex(>resslon and beauty Grant and Lee are locked In the grapjile of of form which, in his best woik. are always Company—George Hines Makes a Speech that Draws death. In war. as in all else, tiler* ni.ist held In an exact ami firmly controlled balance. come a day when the end draws near—It la in If we would fully uuderstami Hus siqiiemacy. these stirring days that our story o|iens. we must (M-rcelve not only hla achleveuienls la Applause from Possible Advocates of Patents Co. The first scene o*-curs In the .yard of the IxUh direcllons. but the high artistic power with Warren homestead, a stately. Colonial mansion which he corn-lates them. Principles—Patents Co. Withdraws Machine Royalties that has bii-n a landmark for a hundred years .Music lovers will enjoy seeing this lM>autlful in this section of Virginia. Captain Waitcii, (tlcture showing tin- great master “in his habit the present head of the Waf'-ii family, is as he llveil,” and following his ftste|>s on the with Lee. an oflicer trustt*d with sccri-t u Is- night when. mov«il by (ilty, he was insplrnl to sions. The Fcderals. under Gencr il Logan, of leg and hip that has necessitated his wearing cotntmse for a (Ksg- blind girl, hla Immortal THEATORIUM OWNERS HOLD Illinois, are encaminsl on the War-.-n plautaCch, a heavy steel brace on the limb extending from Moonlight Sonata. and General Logan himself has taken U(i LIs MEETING. bis waist to the foot. Wandering one evening, alone, tbnaigh the The defense denied that there was any force quarters with hla staff in the roomy old man¬ streets, his attention was attracted by the At h rallK'r stormy sossinn held at the Slier or violence used In putting the boy off of the sion. .Mrs. Warren, the young and le-aiitifiil notes of one of his own cmiitHmitluns. rendered man House last Tuesday afteroiMiu, Jan¬ car. which had come to a standstill. wife of the Ca|itain. with a few faithful sla\es, in a masterly manner, and u[)on inquiry he found uary llOtU, over tliri-e hundred owners of Among the witnesses called by the defense is allowed to remain. that the (ilayer was a i>r blind girl. theatn-s and theatorlums passial an uiiauiiuous was George Dolison. a manufacturer of moving General Logan Is in close touch with his Entering the bumble botiie, he fisind the beau re»ilutlou not to apply for the licenses Issued pictures, and who tesllfitsl that on November 5. su|H'rior, Gewi-ral Grant, who is now In front tiful musician, the devotetl sister of a loving by the Motion Picture Patents Co. The chair¬ two years after the alleged assault, be had of Petersburg, a plan of attack Is being formii- brother, he a mender of sho»-s. she a (tlanlst— man, Mr. U. Kriedlander, called the Katlierlng taken a series of moving pictures i.' the tieigh- late plaintiff on that occasion discarded the brace municate with his wife after the Ft-derals oc- Ing from the fair musician's llt>s that she was Thompson and I'rancls Wilsim were aptKiliitefl and tis.k part in the fisit races. Isixiug mateln-s. ciiiiy his home and has asked for a comtdete an ardent admirer of his music—moved by th» aerip'ants at-arms. .Mr. l->iedlander prefaced th>- wrestling contests, games of leap frog and disguise, a com|dete Federal offleer’s uniform; nvironment and charm of Ihe evening—sat down reoding of letters that have been sent out by other diversions which had la*en accurately n*- faithful slave, old Zach. has securtil it for at the (llano and lm(>rovlsed. the Patents Co. to the exliihltois and exchauices, I>rodHced on the films. Counstd for the defense him, and we see him conceal the clothes The beaiitv of the night, the moiailiglit, th» by statlui; that the meetInK had l«s*n called asked that the witness he allowed to show the amongst the shrublM-ry about an old stone wall breathless at’tentlon of his hearers, his sym|iatby for the purpose of disc-ussliiK the question of pictures on a screen in order to prove that the that (lasses the house. Then we witness the all comldnetl to inspire a tnasleridece which licenses. He iiointed out that the Patents Co. boy was not the helpless cripple that hail Signal Cor()s in drill field otieratlons. Our thousands have enjoyed, since that fateful eve was endeavorliiK to compel everyone to pay been claimed. After a protest on the part of scene then shifts to Lee’s camp in the woods ning when an accidental turn brought to Ilfs royalty on picture machines now In tludr isis- counsel for the plaintiff. Justice .Aspinall. who near Petersburg, a sixiut rides up to head¬ the Moonlight Sonata, session, ami that the susKcsted arrauKement was presiding over the trial. In Part VII.. said; quarters with startling news- THE ADVENTURES OF AN OLD FLIRT.— was such that those failliiK to compl.v would be “I'll allow It, but you had Irntter see that “The enemy contemplates a new movement; Mr. Jack, although (last middle age and mar placid on the so-callelicatlous sonal examination of the plaintiff aqd that he if you get captureil.” “1 know the risk I run, Perfect Peach Mas<(Uerade Ball.” and sends that have bi-eii maileil broadcast. .Mr. Krbsl was not suffering from the Injuries claimed. but my chances of success are good, and think, him a ticket, which delights Mr. Jack. lander concludisl his addrets by askliiK that the After the “show” was over, the trial was tleneral, what it means to you, sir, to know The bi-st laid schemes of mice and men oft speakers to follow him limit their talks to Uve continued and If the verdict should be In favor their plane.” “You are the man we ni-ed, Ca(i- gang aglee”—Jack’s does, for, Insteail of burn minutes each and warned those |)resent that the of the defendant there Is a strong probabillt.v taln; you shall go.” The staff salutes the Ing the letter, he very carelessly leaves It Id Patents Co. was represented in the iiieetinK by that the matter will be taken before the grand Ca(itain as he dashes away on hla dangerous the (KK-ket of his smoking jacket, and—wlfe.t men whose avowed puritosi* It was to “run over jury. mission. To gain the outskirts of hla own us.” finds it. grounds, he dodges from bush to bush along Although not o’er youthful herself. Mrs. Jack Rt>eakcrs were then Intrmluced who talked the river bank, be then gains access to an old still (H>t>sess«-s ginger and sna|i. ami instantly alouK lines of Interest to those who are opiMisin;; A NEW FILM CASE. wooilsbed some distance from the bouse; |ire|>are8 for action. When she leaves the cos the |)resent condition of atTairs. and siiKRested (ire-arraiq;ed signal brings his wife and faith¬ turners on the night of the mas<(uerade, it is remedies for what they termed the evils that ful slave Zach to him, the disguise is given. For the benefit of their customers. The Lake as a ca|iti\ating soubrette. are now confrontiiiK the film business. After donning the clothes he boldly enters Jack and his bosom-friend are there bright C.eorKe F. Bowers.lorf. of the Film Import * Shore Film & Supply Co.. Cleveland. O.. are the signal station, salutes the third operator, furnishing their regular trade with a handsome and early, adiniring Ihe “iK-aches,” and making TYadlnc Co.; Dr. Itichard Itav. of the Kansas saying. “I’ve just arrived from Genetal Grant’s numerous “mashes” and having i>ne gou«l time, V'*y. ExchanRc; Mr. Hay. editor of tin- film carrying ease. These are made out of headquarters. I’m to wait here for dispatches. heavy flberoid. all corners well iirotected with but on a (lalr of ste(>s behind fair one’s attention and ailmlratlon, and try to rem-ntlnsf the Hoyal. niche and Chicago Film according to the picture man’s n-qulrements. AU the ojieralor’s table and feigns sleei>; the otlicer cases are beautifully stenciled with the com- outdo one another In gallantry. In the dance, exclmnces; Om.rse F. Kearney, of the Wolverine of the day calls and receives the last tidings of in wit and humor, and in all the arts they is>s I'llm & Siipidy Co.; Mr. Chatkln, of the Globe liaiiy's name and are furnished without charge the evening for General Logan, saluti-s aid to all parties using their unexcelled service. sesa to enliven the la-auty’s pleasure. Film Co.; David Horsley, of the Centaur Film leaves. The spy’s opportunity has arrived; the She seems thoroughly Impartial regarding Wlh Co.; Morris Helfeld. of the White City Con b(M*k he has risked tits lite to obtaiu has just but with a leaning toward the friend, which stnicilon Co. and also a theatre owner; Harry Following Is a list of late films by leading been tossed within reach of his hand by the causes .Mr. Jack to try a simrt, and he wins .liihel, of the Chicago Film Exchange, and Mr. manufacturers and dealers, for early release: young oflicer who, after looking up the mean¬ and takes the “lady” to sup|H-r. McMillan, of the Unique Film & Construction ing of a sentence, has returned the code to its KAI.EM. .Mr. Jack (lOurs out his soul in confidence to resting (ilace on the table. To smash the un the fair listener, gently urged to “make a clean Dan Mnivey and David Horsley sisike In above THE DCTECTIVES.—One of the most Im sus(M-cting o()erator on the bas<- of the skull breast of it,” and noldy restionds. Dii-lan-s he ord»-r. and. while the various sis^x'hes were portant and interesting branches of the great with the butt end of bis revolver, grab the Ixsik, is uuinarrii*il, doles on blonile soubrettes, etc., wordfsl according to the (H-rsonallty and exiverl- meuopolltan police force of today Is the Hal dash out thrmigb the window, mount bis wait and, when be reaches the height of his elo ence of the speakers, the general trend of It Ian bureau. For years it was found almost im Ing horse and escatu- is the work of a few queiice. he is doubly unmasked, and Mrs. Jack all was In the same direction, and the crv of possible to cu|K> with a certain class of Italian frenzieil moments for Ca(itain Warren. A fusil gets a new sealskin. the meeting, in Its entirely, was “Do not ‘sign criminals because the dettH'tives had little lade of shots follow him, the entire signal away your rights." George Hines, of the S-iiate no knowledge of the Italian language and were cor|)S and their reserves are called out and Th-atrc. responded to insistent invitations to not sulticiently familiar with the metlKSls em¬ give (lursult. This moment has lieen forest PATHE-FEEHES. say something by taking the floor and announc¬ ployed by the blackmailers and klduaiqrers who anil provided for by Ca(>tain Warren, a battalion A V1LI>AGE gUARREL.—A pair of young ing that he bad aiipliey girl of his the protwtlon they give In limiting competition. made up of courageous and honi-st men of them into the tra(i; the entire corps Is siir love for her and. after a little (H-rsu.islon, she Aptilanse greettsi the conclusion of Mr. Hines’ Italian birth, and these men are devoting their roundetl. and In this dire extremity, the oflicer promises to become bis wife. Blddlug her good S|ss'ch. and qnicki.v Dan Miilvey was on his whole time to rounding up and punishing Italian in charge. Major George Ib-vere, calls for bye at her gate, he goes on to his own home, fe«‘t and addressing the chair. However, the (-rlminals. And so successful have they Is eu volunteer to ride for ninforcements. A dash which is on a farm adjoining that of bis mis‘tlng was d's-lansl adjourned before Dan got that Black Hand crimes have been |>ractically Ing young soblier of bis comuiaml. Lieutenant sweetheart. falrl.v started, and the hall was emptb-d and his blottetl out in all our large centers. And win n Harold McFarland, taki-s the message, aiul se The youth’s old father takes a cow out to hearing d-nltsl. Dan Mnivey was the one man one of these criminals is caught he is punished curing a loose horse whose owner, a Conftilerate (rrare, and ties her to a stake near Ihe bound of the meeting wIki strongly adviseil that the to the full extent of the law. soblier. has been tiimbleil from his saddle by ary of the two farms, but somehow the animal exhibitor think both proismitions over befoiv Scene 1, Pietro Rossi’s Little Girl; Scene 2. well directed shot, he ilasbes f to the slee(iing camp of General cabliage (latch, where she Is discovered by the have two condiinations ofTered ns. Which one Scene 5. Rosa Captured by the Black Handers: Powell’s brigade, tben the bugle sounds glrUs father, who rushes out and chasr-s her. of these do we wish to loin? I believe that we Scene 4. Rendezvous of the Black Hand Gang; the slee[>y soldiers s(iring to arms, anil In thirty striking the animal with a club as she tries shonlil think It over seriously between now and Scene 5, Detectives from the Italian Bureau seconds after McFarland’s arrival, tlie truo|>s to make her i-scafie. the first of the mon**i. and let each one of us Scene (1. Rosa Escaites; Scene 7. Rosa Meets are under way. Then comes the rescue and This so enrages the old man who owns the decide which Is to o. advantage as exhibitors.” the Detectives; Scene 8. The Black ILiml thrilling battle scene. The ronfiHl»>rali*s cow that be comes rushing down to remonstrate Mr. Fibsllander announced at the beginning Nabbed; Scene 9, Rosa Restored to Her Parentr. tempt to retreat but, overpowered by su[U'rlor with his neigblmr, who turns and gives him a of the meeting that there would be no fees col + numliers. they In turn are surroundeil and com beating with the same club. The old man toil lecttsl or assessments made during the session, (s'lleil to surrender. Ca(>taln Warren yielding up dies back and tells his son, who. u|>u.i hearing VITAORAPH. nor until a la-rmanent organiraliou was formed bis sword to young McFarland, who brings hi the story, becomes so enrageil that he goi-s over primarily for iirolection. and for the (lassi^e THE MARATHON RACE.—Tom Noble, a tol (irlsoners before General Logan. A search re and gives the old nelghlmr a la-ating. The girl of baal ordinances enabling the exhibitor to run lege student, is in the gymnasium exercisin; veals the stolen cisle bisik, the wounded n(ierator rushes out of the bouse and deniainces the yming his business in a legitimate way without Inter¬ with several companions. After fiolshliig, they Is sent for and In another scene we see Warren man for bis cowardly act, and tells him that ference adjourn to Tom’s room. They an; discusriiig Identlfiisl by the ots-rator. and his sentence she will have no more of him for daring ta athletics when a messenger ent'.'s and han-ls a captureil s()y follows; “Execute at daybreak.’ strike her old father. MOTION PICTURE PATENTS CO. Tom a note. It Is from hla •tioiher in I in the order reads. The Captain’s wife Is (iresent When the youth regains hla cunqHmure he forms him that unexpectwl lroubI(> demands when he is brought in a prisoner, and at day realizes the enormlly of his rash art, and be his immediate return leHiio. He shows the break the next morning she enciMinters the comes so remorseful that be makt-s a Isilt for There are indications on the surface that, letter to his chuni'. who evorc«s their sorrow stacked arms of the firing si(uad against a wall the rlviT to end it all. and wiaild have succeetled after a full survey of tla- situation, the Motion at the unfortunate turn of affairs. in the rear of her home, with unfaltering but for the timely Interference of his father, Picture Patents Company will so far modify its At home. Mrs. Noble is sitting perusing a courage. She smilingly asks the guard on duty who seizes him just as be reaches the bank of original plans that exhibitors will not be re¬ letter as Mr. Grab, a money lemler is annoiiuc-nl. if be can’t spare the time to take a warm cup the stream. The kind old father cianpromlse-s. quired to sign a contract or agreement for the After formal greetings, Grab makes an offer of of coffee, and with the help of her faithful and Informs the son that If he will go with him use of machines, and the license issiusl by the marriage. The widow promptly and iinphr’.ic- allies the table Is brought out on the (>orcb and to the old neighbor they will be able to patch company aiay lie surrendcrtsl at the exhibitor's ally refuses him, w hercu|H>n the shyl > -g grow s placed In such a way that the unsus(>ect!ng up the quarrel. They go straight to him and option. angry, takes a innding U(>on the heat of teni|ier, which Is ac<'e|ili-er shells of the stacknl rifles, while whole affair Is forgotten. The haiqiy young meets Tom, Just returniil from co'legc. Tic the wife kee(>s the guard engaged in conversa- collide are again uultetl and receive the old MOVING PICTURES INTRODUCED young man V^'ts Grab, who does not -inswer. tloD. A few minutes later the officer detalliil folks’ blessing. Tom looks art-r him in surprise, then enters to execute the spy leads out his prisoner, the THE TWO BANDBOXIW.-A yiaing lady AT TRIAL. the house. He fiuds his mother sitting dejecte.1- guards enter, take up their guns, the Captain starts out fnmt a milliner’s shiqi to deliver two ly in a chair. He quietly comes from In-hind, Is mercifully blindfolded and [ilaced against hats to a customer, and as she Is sauntering For the first time id the history of the Kings surprises her and. after an affectionate enbrace, the wall; It Is a trying moment for him; bis down the stni-t she meeds an adiiilrer, who vol- CiMinty Court House. New York, a series of the widow tells of her trottble. Tian endeavors safety de|iends U[>on his feigning death after I unteers to carry the Iwxes. They go to a cafe. moving pictures were introduced In the Supreme to comfort her, saying that he will start to the order is given to fire—this he does. The where they slop to have some refreshments, and Court as evidence to disprove a claim for dam¬ work at once. He fiuils, however, that securing officer in charge takes his men to the sniqdy while they are busily engaged in conversation ages for personal Injuries. a iKisitiou is no easy job. At every place be lent for a stretcher and tools to dig a grave for two inlsclilevous laiys take the iHixes and el The plaintiff In the action la Stephen .Mc- tries for Work the same answer, ‘.Nolliing Ihe man they think they have execiiteel. As change the contents fur those of a basket be tlorty. a minor who. -hrmigh his father. Patrick doing.” is given. He goes to Grab and (deads they dlsaiqiear around the corner of the hiaise-, longing to some |M-o(de seatnl at another table McGorty, of 825 Eighth avenue. Is suing the fur leniency, which Is mockingly refused. Warren makes his way to where Ihe half-falnl- Will 11 the collide are ready to go they (ilrk up Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company to Emerging from the money leuASTERN INDIANA FAIR CIRCUIT Vlce Pn-sUent—Mr. UriMlvrlrk, of Thounmnn meeting, important mat¬ vlIU-. ters DECIDED. Sffiet.iry—llinr.v Klrtolu-r, of K.iiHolil. Tivnsiirfr—I'liii'. A. of KIlliiKton. r<'^.lllltloll wast olToro.l liy (lie Sot-rotary to Outdoor Amusements a\ new anti !nii»ortrtnt fratnre to be havo an i iliiii-.-ioii or oiitrnnoo foo at tlio fair It the Various lufe Iiieelln-H of the Kasteru Aftor a louiftliy llte- Is ovory rhanoo of It holng a snoii-ss. Car(x-ntor noss. atliactixl the atlonllon of a leading thout- FRANK P. SPELLMAN and Wolsli. who control niiiiiy piivllogos at parks rical maii.igiT. and 8|x-llmaD the newslxiy le- In tills vicit'ily, will launch niauy new enter caino .S|x-lliiiuo the call boy. He quickly rose lirlsos Ix-foro I ho snuiinor and bxik for bia liiisl from call Ixiy to madrigal alugor with Victor noss this soustin. .Misire. now «lar In The Talk of New York. At that lime Victor Moore waa aluging the tlrsl FLORIDA EXPOSITION-FAIR HAS ixHig (iisirgo .\l. Cohan ever wrote, enlilb-d Venus. M.\ SUIuliig Love, and be couceivnl the OPENED. idea of having .Miuug Six-llmau. with his Ix-auti- fiil Voire. re|x’al the Bong from the gallery. It The Florida Exix>x|tlon Fair opening on Jan tx-Ing Hie tlrsl time this had ever Ix-en done, nary ‘JO, was a moat succexxfiil alTalr and waa Six-lliiiaii. therefore. Is the original boy singer attf-ndeii tiy one of the largeat crowda In the In the gallery. In those days the young si.iger hiatory of the fair. -Mr. I’. H. Stokea. Id used to say. *‘W'alcb me climb.', and there charge of the gronnda and hulldlnga. had every are many who have watched, little dreaming thing rotiipleted for the oix-iiing. and the man that he would eveiilnally develop Into not only ager of amiixemeiita. It. A. Harrington, had the the leading fair amusement manager of the foll.iwing lIlpixHirome atractlona; I’ower’a EI« eonntr.x. but that be would become the builder phanta. Herr Cranada and Mlxa Alma Fedora, and originator of new and costly enlertaiument the aerial wonder; I’rof. Brlatol’a Trained features tlial eaiise the great American |x-u|ile I’onlea and Trick Horse and Mule, Herr Schmidt, to take noilee and eagerly dig down Into their the human pillar; Ilrt-akaway Barlowa, O’Brb-n pockets for the money necessary for admittance. Troiiix* and Clarke’s Razlllinna. who gave one In a few brief yeara he bad become the con- of the beat performances ever given at an ex iTilential silviser of many potentates In the poaltiou uiH-ning. Hn the Midway were in- fair world, and baa justlBed bis unique posb grsm’x Oxtricli Farm. Miiiuly'x .Xiliiial Show. tion by never "steering" them wrong. Hi-ni-e Circle Wave. Keick’a Mus«‘iim. Streets of Cairo. his lnmieii>e laipiilarlty with every ooe who has Talking l-lcture .Machine. KIro’x S,-r|K-nt Show, done liiisiiiess with him. Aiixtrallan Wild (Jlrl. Country Store, .Vlllgator 1 h-ixe marveled at this man’s executive l’ix>l. What lx II. Rnsxian I'rlnee, and numer ability and capacity for work. He seems Dover mix other amiixemcnt devices and all did their to tire, and has the rare ability to know bow share to make the exiioeltlon a success from the to handle the men In bis employ so to obtain start. Creatore’s Band Is giving two cincerts quick. rex|Hinslve work and retain their loyalty dally and Is one of the very tx-xt attrsetjons on and frlendshl|i. Last season, the prominent the bill. The exixsiBlon closes March 2t». T.toi*. fair otlielals asked him; "How have you done It all In siieb a short tlmeT" to which he re- SANDELS SUCCEEDS CALVERT, pllixl: -'I knew Just what I wanted, and 1 took off niy coat and pitched In to get It." A. I*. Sandlex, of Ottawa. O., haa IxH-n elect It Is ImiNirtsnt to note that Mr. Spellman ed xecretarv of the Ohio State Fair, aucceixllng got many cotetixl conlrarts last season, not C. L. Calvert. through any •■pull,” for of "pull” he had ab- aolulely none, but because those In aiitboritv recognlze.1 In him the ability which. In thel'r STREET FAIR NOTES, iipluionx. was HlixoIntel.T an accximplishment of •le |x-rsonsllty of the man. Acieptliig an Invitation to visit Mr. Spell man’s winier quarters one day last week. I fwinil ni.xxi ir In a iierfect burly burly of work. William WiKxIs I familiarly known as ••Billy"I. and ten assistanta, building eighteen new shows. Mr. I’terpout, one of America's foremost se.-nlc artists, and Mr. Sol White, another well known scenic artist, with four as¬ sistants Were deftly putting colors on what looted like s mile of Canvas. Mr. Xeil Cleve land. His cartixinlst. sat at a table originstl'ig new ib-slgiix to excite the risibilities of th- piitille, to lx* n«ed In advance of the coming of *'*’"•*• Several mechanics were isillding new devices for next season’s exploit- I®*- o niiintx-r of seamstn-asea occupied a room ^ theiiiM-lxes. making silk, satin and velvet cnstuini-s. Ix-sntlfnl hanm-rs and gorgeous drafi rrv- fix- liiiiq-hw deeoratlona. To sav that I was snissixl. d0 ‘be old saving 111, 1 . . th«t "the American piibl’c kixi to lx- fisilixt," and that there wss no use .,.m*^,'i’i"’' money In getting mi • 'm-thing new. as long as the old shows made ic’•’■• 'bey will lx- a triumidi man and business man of original Idcax that aii' I'orllaiKl. .Xugii-t HI Septemlx-r .1. J. tS. ■art. the taim-eptlon of a master bullib-r. and geiilleman in the lan-l might lx- prixnl of." (ini'IS. Mx-ri-lary. niiii.i I**i'.' ' T ’!"■ ‘■'•"‘'’‘"•snsblp of the scb-ntltlc It is my csudlil oiilnlou. S|K-llm.in. ‘ in placing After the f.iir and racing dati-s had be«-n The r, biisglnstlon of a princely dresm.-r. before Hie public this suix-rb aggregation of nxisl the racing programs were talkixl over, but 'll . .".rV" 'bemselvea will be ixindilctixl shows, has stiiK'k the ixipiilar key note, not ii.-tiling of a ib-tliiite nature wax ileteruilmxl. The InRersoIl Knt'inoorln? .tnil t'on- iiiiK h lilgiier plane than ever Ix-fore; great- only In the npluilldiiig and rixindiiig ixit iif The decision of the two l.'SHI stakes wax s,s>n stmetbrn Co., of Pittsburg. Pa., ha* Just can •■hsi.ii'scenic, electrical slid me Ills own name and biixln>.»s. but also that of reiiclied aft,-r It hail txx-n brought Ix'fore the idetixl Its work at fly (Tesbie Park. .Xshlan-l. Slid In talent, of prisluctlou. iHiinl. It lx liiqieil that in liitrialiielng the two Ky., on the n--w rbling ,le»ice an,I other ii|> t,» siiil luiiiiea.mai.iv Ix-tter In cliaracler. every fair or other event which Is fortiinale ciiixigh to prro- 1.."-^ In explanation, said; ".\t ex- n-'i-l.illon to the millions who aiiniially att-n-l rt-.-li e'er placeil on any of Hie Eastern In nonncerl. by th,»x- who know, to b»- the ,s|nal ili.iiia circuit tracks will tx- enlenxl during Hie n 111.'.,'.''' »""! fairs, where practically all Hie great fairs and i-\|Hisllioii-, all o'<-r the cixin of any In the ,-,innlry an,l Hie fly ffexble man -eason of limit. It was decided to cbise the ■ 111., r. "ii'.. ■" flasses of ixxipb try. From ivlial I have «ixii. there has ne'er rgement Ix highly elated ov,-r the exc-llenl t"o stakes for each meelltig June 1. Ever.v 1..’*^'V"readily s«-en Itisl the Is-t-n a cimibliiallon ,«■ exhibition that li.is of prospects for a n-conl season. i-ITort will lx- mail,- to lia'e the gen,-ral class r..p II. . ..'•'''’rdltig wholesome enterlHliimeiil fered so nun II variety or man.' n-ivi-l veil of racing placeil on a higher plane than ever K. V. Mrtirith. « Ii.'! • '* be old lime lures. o|x-rat*al ,»'i so ei—lly a s--ali-. as the lia< be,-u attempted b,-fore. who so siiccessfiill.y msnagixl .\I. Fresco Park. ! 111.'. V.V * "I'lH'or fronts and tlx- obi .-Xlx-llmsn allraetlons f.ir the eti'Uiiig s«-asoii. Man.' coll lltloiix for the betterment of the Peoria. III., during psix. hax ix-'n chi«en man ,',1-,., I -‘re of the past, and are not 111,-.' will also lx- of a type that may well lx- fiilrs esix-clally ific line bail the baml and i>r Hie coining f.iir and racing meets will lx- mmb - .’ll... """•Her county fairs, owing t,Mir. an,I direct c'cry p--rfoiiiiain-e In peis,.;i cli,-xtr:i at (I'T.sl.le Park, Ashlaml, Ky.. for Ix-tter Ilian aii.v pn-v Ions one. fioiii the oix'iilng to Hie closing of Hie season. the season I'Miit. ’•ii.lliie' *" '*'** a’**- 'be crowds at- .\ called meeting of the mcnitx-rx of the cir¬ It was said of .''ix-lliuan last season that lie ■ iierl.n, I*' " * I'rngrcsslxe age, and in' cuit 'vill tx- lielil Weilnes lay. February ‘Jl. In ■ 'iM il taught me that there was Hi" coining iii.iii. >pellniau li.is alr,-a,ly Miincle. for th,- pur|s-~e of settling on attractions FAIR NOTES. .U« .. 1 Impro'eiiienls made In the arrived, an,I Hu- sb-giii Ibis season will lx- for the coming season. « ... «r. ' "'ertHlnim ats dexlgiieil f,H- the pixq.le S|K-llman l.S THE MAN! * th.ktkl.* i'V a .11 ii'i . •‘'''d at Broad Blisik. Conn.. .Vlou- B. I.. Pix-rx. for a iiiimlx-r of y--arx i-ubllcl'y ill.'. January -J.”,. .\bout Hfteen memlx-rx wero The dates for the Annual Industrial promoter at Ontario Bi-ach Park. Kix-hexter. X. prex. nl The foII,-wliig othcerx were elecl.al. ExIilbiHon of W>-sfern Canada, which Is held at Y.. has Ixx-n apix-lnlrd general manager of that Pr--sldent—Howard .\. .Middleton, of Broad \Vlnnl|x-g. have b«‘, n annivuticed for July ID to resort. Br.xik. 17, Inclusive. 16 X ti e 0 i 111> o a r d FEBRUARY 6, 1909. J
dramatist in meting out the proper amount of punishment and reward i.s a worthy one and i.s to be commended. “You say ‘take the leg shows off the stage and the theatres would not make their salt!’ Wrong again, Mr. Sunday. The life of the average musieal .how is but a fleeting one and the few that survive owe their longer exist¬ ence to the real merit of the musical numbers and the wit of the text, while he greate.st money maker.s have been found in the stronger and deeper plays that live for years and are always welcomed by Intelligent audiences. “I do not claim that all plays are moral. That would be a foolish state¬ ment, but shall we sweepingly condemn the stage because some objectionable works have found a hearing there? A.s well wipe out literature because here have been obscene and immoral books published at various times, or destroy the church because it has sanctioned many crimes, countless murders, W. H. DONALDSON, during Its career. You .say: ‘The only way to purify the theatre is to turn 't Into something else.’ Wake up, Mr. Sunday, you are not living In the Managinfr Editor. dark ages now, but in the 20th century. We have, happily, passed the period PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT when we could cheerfully burn at the stake any one who did not happen to 416 Elm StreeL Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. ' elieve as we did and then justify our crime under the mysterious word, lone DlsUnco Telephone. Main 2769. Cable Address (resistered) “Billyboy.” ‘witchcraft,’ and delude ourselves into the belief that a long face and a tire¬ some Puritan Sabbath had squared our crimes with the Almighty. 1 “It Is our glorious privilege to' be living to-da> and reaping the benefits NEW YORK. LONDON. ENGLAND. of 20th century progress. You might just as well talk of abolishing music, Suite D, Ilollaud IliiililiiiK. 1440 Broadway. 179 Temple ChamberH, K. ('. literature or any of the arts as to talk of abolishing the stage. It has too Telephouc tVutral KtlO Bryaut. firm a hold on the heart-s and minds of those who appreciate Its beauties CHICAGO, PARIS, FRANCE. and realize its tremendous power for good. 907 Wi9 Sohillor Bids., lai lCO Bandolph St. 121 Hue Moutmartre. “You say Pooth and Oarrlck never allowed their children to witness a Telephone Central .jWS4. play. I hate to spoil your fatherly little story, Mr. Sunday, but the truth 1* that Garrick never had any children, though happily married—to a French MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. danseuse, by the way. Pooth’s wife was his leading woman, while it Is ItiMiiii 2. 14:tU Filliiiore St. Caletlouian Office 204. Pont Office Place. generally understood that his daughter was his severest critic, and he highly esteemed her judgment. a i.(ircs8 hll coniniuXaica ions for Ihe editorial or busines8 d.pariments to “You say that a certain actress, whose name you can not reveal, con¬ Xtie Blllt>oarct Publtstilna Company. fided to you that the stage was corrupt In all its branche.s. I can not Imagine what sort of a company she had been connected with, but she was undoubt¬ Subscription, $4 a year; 6 months, $2; 3 months, $1. Payable in advance. edly unfortunate in choosing her engagements. 1 have been on the stage No extra charge to foreign suhscribers. nearly fifteen years, yet 1 have always been associated with ladles and gen¬ ADVEHTTSINO R\TE^—Tr^ity cents per line, agate measurement. Whole page, |140: half tlemen of honest and upright principles. Many of th»‘m are devout followers page. t7U; tins ter-page (35. of different creeds, and of all the scores of actresses 1 know I can iiui now recall moie than one or two of who,..e morality there was the slightest ciues- tlon. THE BILLBOABD it for uile on all trains and news-stands tlirouKlout the United States and Canada, which aie supplied by the American News Co., and its bianches. When not on “('‘olumns could be written on the subject o^ ‘The Stage.’ both Its moral sale please notify this ofBce. and Its Intellectual aspects. The fact that the stage has not only survived Bemittances should be made by pcst-olllce or express money order, or registered letter the struggles and vicissitudes of Its earlier career. Its persecutions by narrow¬ addressed cr made payable to The Billbcaid Publishing Compa'y. minded bigots, its discouragements and hard knocks, hut has risen steadily The editor can not undertake to return unsolicited manuscript; cerrespoedents should keep copy. above them to become what it Is to-day—the greatest Institution of modern Entered as Second-Class Matter at Post-offlcc, Cincinnati, 0, times, patronized by brilliant and refined men and women, and constantly When it is necessary to wire us instructions and copy for advertisements, great saving in progressing toward a higher standard, seems the best proof of the fitness of the matter of telegraph tolls may be had by recourse to the Donaldson Cipher Cede. the survival. “Mr. Sunday, you repeatedly say the Bible Is good enough for you. H is; It is good enough for any one. What does it say about bearing false wit¬ THE EXPIBATION OF EACH SUBSCBIPTION it indicated on the printed wrapper. Kindly renew promptly, to avoid missing issues. ness against your neighbor? What does It say about ‘Judge not lest ye be ALL COMPLAIN'TS of non-receipt it The Billbcard or change* of address sbou’d be made judged?’ What does it say about calling your brother a fool? What does direct to the publicaticn office, 416 Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, where they will receive prompt it say about ‘Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and attention—ard not to a-y branch office cr agent. When notifying us of changes of address, give have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal?’ eld as well as new address. No advertiiieuieut lueasui’iug leas than Are lines accepted. “You profess to he a follower of the gentle Christ, who said, ’Suffer little children to come unto Me and forbid them no*.,’ yet you banish the little tots from your services. Y’ou wheedle $50 out of ‘Jimmy’ Durkin, liquor notice to ADVEBTISERS.—B’llhoard’a advertising patrons will greatly oblige by dealer, and then, with the coolest nerve, you openly say, ’I would not have •ending in the copy for their advertisements as early as convenie-t, instead of waiting till the the saloonkeepers’ dirty money.’ ‘Consistency, thou art Indeed a jewel!’ ast moment. All ads received early in the week will receive preference in position and display. Your every action gives the He to your professed Christianity. “Probably, with your usual courtesy and refinement, you will call me The LONDON EBA is on sale at The Billbcard efflee, Cincinnati, Ohio. Price tan cents per a ‘yellow dog.’ Surely the little yellow dog who ha.s the courage to bark at copy. The Billbcard may be had in lordon at the cffice cf The Era. the heels of a humbug Is entitled to more re.spect than the coward who runs away from the bark. “You say you hate the theatre because God hates It. How do you know Satiirila^', February «, 1909. that he does? Point out to me one pas.sage in which Christ denounced the theatre, which was In existence several hundred years before His advent, and I will give $100 to any worthy charitable organization In Spokane. The Elllboard has never made a practice of recognizing the attacks Now, Mr. Sunday, it’s up to you.” made upon the stage and professional people by ministers and revivalists, because we feel that such attacks are not representative of the general attitude of the Church, but the following reply to such a In melodrama, as In other things, history repeats Itself. The falling An .-Xetn ss recent attack Is so comprehensive of all the prlnciple.s off In patronage in popular-priced melodrama during the past few months, llcplit's Ti» involved that we quote it entire: and which has caused so much consternation among those whose Interests A Hevivulist. “Your every action gives the lie to your professed are Involved, Is only a repetition of what occurred a dozen Christianity; you are either densely ignorant or maliciously The or fourteen years ago. At that time. It will be recalled. H. R, untruthful, as almost every statement you made regarding the theatres in llcoline of Jacobs occupied the position of dictator In the field devoted your .sermon on ‘Amusements’ Is false. You have repeatedly perjured your¬ Xiokxlrania. to the production of melodrama. He owned or controlled a self as a minister of the gospel, while your coarse and offensive language score of houses throughout the country, with which were has aroused the disgust of every true Christian and the ridicule of the out¬ affiliated sufficient others for him to give a whole sca.'on’s booking to an sider, who merely looks on.” attraction. With him, at the acme of his power and success, was associated Mr.s. Harry V. Smith, daughter of a minister and a Bible student, pro- F. F. Proctor, now of the firm of Keith & Proctor. The height of their fe.ssionally known as Je.s*:le Shirley, and head of her own -stock company, success was al=o the highest pinnacle of success of melodrama up to that which has played in Spokane, Wash., nearly four years, consecutively, con¬ time. There was no forewarning of a decline in the business; no prellbatlon tributes the foregoing indictments In reply to Rev. “Billy” Sunday, ex-base¬ of a waning In Interest and patronage on the part of the theatregoing public. ball player and revivalist, who viciously attacked the stage and the theat¬ Put in less than one seaCINCINNATI, O. ^ Kxi'il# m> lit will la* added to the pastlnii. of IcMiil roller skaters at the New .Music Hall COL. JAMES S. HUTTON. FRANK A. SALISBURY REMEM¬ ICiiik this we.-k. when the lir-t local amateur V « k wlllioiit nniflial connilv, mirh 1* the BERED. rues iiii'H arc to fail Hat ill' s. Aloxainiili. l.a,. was witb a .vlii lx- dexoted to the pr.dlmliiarles. with tin- iU lln* I'.XlHMil i«i|| t’.A-M, ttlill lli> Htlib h1\VU>!I i' f.r iloil lime, tlicic is coisolatlon ami cniii iH'aiiiifiil iliLtiioinl stiHhh‘tl Match charm with a in ils. Il whieh the hs-nl ehiiiiiploiiship will Is* <|n\\ii ii.aiiiiiMftli irow.iK. .\lih •«.>. tlif ri)loii«*l Ls Ktill a youiijc man Ma^mic i*ml»li*ni lii.^ by tin* Ua*«1 Mt*ii. .Mr. .'.eeliled, S liur.tay night. ,\s there will Im- no • hi M'eral lionses. illltl I'Hs Uif ulcrt III *'|i*|iii iii){ poUt-lM. UllU'h Hi** Salisbury has Just roiurnoil from a business trip Hole th .ii tile or six iiiiiiiiles co isiiniod in pre¬ to New Orb'HUs. I.iMii- Mil.III. witli a (lelljclitfiil play. The .Man ill atiius* Iiifiit |H|-k work of UiU paring for and riiniiliig thes.. r.ices. ti.e skat¬ \\ li.i Sieo-l .Still, was souiethiii); more than kliiil. lie |i:is kihiwii to Work ov«*r an es for pleasure only will md tiiid much of an (.h-I'liih'- I'he praises of .Mr. .Mann have lH.en Jill iilu'lit, niiiii 7 «»*<*liH*k flu* iu*.\t iiHiru- WM. FAVERSHAM TO PREPARE I itcrriipl.oii ti- tlielr reircalion. >11111! •' "' ll *so, for his rank as a ciHueilUu iiii:. Ilifii ;:o lioiht* for a frv\ lionrs. rriuruiii;: Tile NcH|M.rt .Mil'll- Hall, at Newport, Ky.. NEW PLAY. 1,;,. tM'.ii liMsi wllli a certainly, ami as an an fr«*>i» a?w oillior oijo of tho two >*01111^ raii- s iiow' l.t-ing r-nuMleled and i-oinpleti-ly over¬ li-t >1 lie lias fmiiul In his present play the iali> Mliti act as hN aMsi’Afa ils. K.isi U itaU*. hauled by lio,- Horn, lbs finnais uii-dii in>- and It hM Just tH‘en aniioiiiieeil that Win. Favor nil.rill which makes his wor» well uIkU is asAA.^talit iiiaiiai;<*r in tin* H(ir*‘aUv cic* he.itrical ni:in. who will oficn a first class sham has tiiaile arraiiK'^nn'iits to otH'ii bU sea¬ ni.stehl. ss. tiissl business Kreeted his ( ••mpaii.d s»‘rvi*j« iitoiiiion. iMit ikiily for his work in tin* . tis-k company on or about the sth of Fel.rii- son in tin* fsill at Haly’s Theatre, in New York, Iii'iiitc llie eiiitakement. l.lllian Kiissell tomes I'lililic’ily liiM'. ikiit as a «‘arl«M» ii>t h* I'lits c»iil iry. H»ni** woihU'rtiil wotk. Ilo is at pr»’s»*in a stu- witb a lU'W pUy, whiib be will prepare tbia t,i lie (Jraiid next week. T. ti. .Miti Ill'll, business manager for l.illi.in iloiii in tin* I'nivoisiiy of CliM’aii:"- "rian'iK***'* summer. .Ii,iiie> K llaikett Is ap|M>arinK at the Lj ric Uiissell, who comes to tin- tiraiid next week, ri*rfitt c'aii ijoi hi* ovt>ilottkisl. a\lthou);li lliis 111!' week III a re|H‘rlolre incliidliiK The I'ris .s preparing to tuk - his star to the Pacide yoiini; man Is a ii»*w<*iHii**r in th»* puhiicity Mi. r ef Ze Ilia, John Ulade'a Honor and The OFFERS EQUIPMENT FOR SALE. 'o.ist tM-for»- the presell si aso | closes. .Mr. a liiil*' i,*ii4*i iiiHifi I ol. 111111**11 Cri'i' Needless to say Idit audiences were in Mitchell Is prepiiritig for He- jeirt .MNs Uus will sln'W soni'* >Mr!lii'jr i»*j*uils wli«*ii tin* tiiii** .itleiiil.'iiee diirliii; the week and .Mr. Ilackett i^oino**, ii. A. Tanner, of (*'HnhTs|*ort, l*olt**r Founty, si-Ii is |o lake In the enterlainnieut of the ail.li.l to. if piMisilde, the good lm,iressluj his is ofTeiluftt for sale a liin* **f e'|uit»iin‘iit fi»r car Pen and IVni II flub next wnek. Work inis alwa.ts created. Next week. The nhal eoiiipanies. al what is sahl t<» Im* 4|uite a Ihike lll.uk. the po]iiilar treasurer of Peo- (■H\ dii'ii‘iaii. NEW YORK STATE FAIR DATES hatKcin. Ills a«l isIviiiK complete iiiformatiop* le's Tneatre. will si-vi-r hl« i-oniieetion with 'hie Walnut h.is, this week, Itrown of liar CLAIMED. ap|M*ai'.s in this Issue. that Ihhi'i- Inis wns-k. He gi*s to N. w- York tsr.l an.; Jaiiaes Yising. The well-known com- Pity, to Ih 1-0111 e si-eretary of the Nation il Park sih Ills lost none of its drawing i|iialities, ami The slate f *lr comiiiNsion of New York, at ADELE RITCHIE ILL. Maiiig -rs' .\"iM-l.iilon. Fra ik K igllsh. the Mr Voiiiig was seen at bis tiest. A special Its last ni>s*tititf. apiMiiiiteil a stamlliuf com¬ IH.piilar tieasiiri"- of the l.yeeiim Tlieatre for ni.il.iiee was given Friday, whe ■ Mr. Voting mittee. flxeil the ilate for the 1!NK» fair for scxeral st-:.s.,n>^ will siieeis-il Plack at Pi-o- .Miss Allele Kitehie. Hu- roiiili- us eonillHon. lowing Were Claire Itoinalne, a great atlrac- as to bow miieh of an a »proi»riailoii iiili;tit be ex tioii: i'i.d.i.t ami Itiirke. l.ew Hawkins, KellT pecteil frf-m the l«*j:Nlature to erect new bulbl- The ofith ^nnual lour of the Prank .\. Kob- |■.r.■ln. I'. Cadets de (iasiogne, FNa Taylor, Inifs In S>racuse. GEORGE SCOTT, LEADING MUSIC blns .Shows will lie a nideworlhy one, inasmuch Toll! Iiaties and moving pictures. 11 Is e\|M*et»sl that the c«*miiiitti*«' will he •s II will revive some f.-atures that hive HALL MANAGER, SHOT. Tile Porepangh Stis k Company iwa-m to de able to re|Mkrt at the iin*etlnK to Ih* held F«*b I roved [wipular Ir the past, and also Inaiignr- niary :i. when plaiiM for t'n* bulhllntf will Im* ilglit in presenting prnductlois heretofore tin ■ te some n.-w ones. Fm-ital attention will tv- presented by Fomiiiissloiiei' I’errln. George S<-ott. one of Hie mistt pr-milm-iit music iit,in|>tisl ht aggregations of their character, ulveii to the .Vvlary. .\'|uarluni an 1 Mnseiiin h ill managers In l.omloii. aii,l known throughout S' tiieir anibiliiHis undertakings for the seasoti •leiiartmenls. The three l*st named will be Kiiro|H- as a l,-:.d,-r among tbeatrieal iiii-u. waa so far hate i icl'idisl the best plays ever seen SOUTHEASTERN IOWA FAIR AS¬ shown In a separate tent from the menagerie, shot at Tavistock Hotel, Covetil tJar.len, Jan >11 III,- .Vieerieau stage, .\u.vone who has been bur no extri charge will lie made. The circus SOCIATION MEETING. nary 2». r.>rtiiiile eiiongu to si-e Itel iseo's surM>rb pro " HI be glxeii In a four center [Kde tents: two .111. tioii. The Uo'C of the ICancho, playtal by rings a-ul a stage will lie used. The menag. rle The annual meeting of the Soiifhea«tern Iowa HARRIET BURT ENGAGED. Fr.iins' Starr knows that it proved to l>e one 'i-nl win a'so Is- a four o-nter pole one. The Fair .\sa,a-litlon was h,-leen aiignienti-il by the purchase Janiiiry 14. and the following otiirera were Miss Harriet Kurt, formerly with Algeria, M" .\ilalr a 111 Hersciiall .Mayall gave praise- of a pair of fo-est br-il Ilarbara llon«. a huge ,-l •.•l,-,l: I r>-siib lit, \V. Il Slil|.iiiaii: viei- pr.-s h-is h,-*-n eiigi g,-,l f.w a part In Marie t'ahlll'a w..iih.t iiiterpretatioiis of the leading roles and roval Pengal tiger, three .African b-oiiarils. a Melt. r:iPi